Archives: Native Plants

Yellow Coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa)

Yellow Coneflower in bloom, with its signature narrow, drooping yellow petals and dark reddish cone. Photo: Eric Hunt, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Echinacea paradoxa,

Smooth Coneflower (Echinacea laevigata)

Smooth Coneflower in bloom in Stephens County, Georgia, showing its pale pink, drooping ray petals. Photo: Dale Suiter, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Public domain)

Sugarbowls (Clematis hirsutissima)

A sugarbowls flower opening on the slopes of Bridger Bowl, Gallatin County, Montana. Photo: Matt Lavin, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Clematis hirsutissima, commonly

Scarlet Leatherflower (Clematis texensis)

Scarlet leatherflower blooming along the Sabinal River at Lost Maples State Natural Area, Bandera County, Texas. Photo: Mason Brock, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Clematis

Western Peony (Paeonia brownii)

Western peony in bloom, its nodding flower held just above the glaucous, finely divided foliage. Photo: Wallace Keck, City of Rocks National Preserve, Idaho, via

California Peony (Paeonia californica)

A full clump of California peony in bloom, showing its mounded, gray-green growth habit. Photo: Gary A. Monroe, USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, via Wikimedia Commons (public

Butter-and-Eggs (Triphysaria eriantha)

A flowering butter-and-eggs plant, showing its purple-tinged stems and bright yellow blooms. Photo: Alex Abair / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Triphysaria eriantha, commonly called

White Tridens (Tridens albescens)

Open plains grassland near Lovington, Lea County, New Mexico — part of White Tridens’ native shortgrass and mixed-grass prairie habitat. Photo: Patrick Alexander (CC0) Tridens

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