Latin Name F-L

 

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Filipendula rubra flower closeup.jpg (26442 bytes) Filipendulina rubra
Queen Of the Prairie
Plug
Pink
Height: 3'-5'
Bloom Season: June-August
Wet soil
Full sun
Order form plant #95

Photo courtesy of:  Illinois Natural History Survey
Photographer:  K.R. Robertson

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Gentiana andrewsii
Bottle Gentian
Plug
Blue
Height: 1'-2'
Bloom Season: August-October
Medium or wet soil
Full or part sun
Order form plant #100


Photos courtesy of:  Smithsonian Institution, DC Herbarium
Photographer:  E. Haug

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Geum triflorum
Prairie Smoke
Plug
Pink
Height:  1'
Bloom Season:  April-May
Dry to medium soil
Full or part sun
Order form plant #105

 

 

Photos courtesy of:  Illinois Natural History Survey
Photographer:   K.R. Robertson

Helenium autumnale
Dogtooth Daisy
Plug
Yellow
Height:  2 - 5'
Bloom Season: August-September
Medium to wet soil
Full or part sun
Order form plant #108

Photo courtesy of : Wildflower Gallery
Photographer:  Unknown

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Heliopsis helianthoides
Ox Eye Sunflower
Plug
Yellow
Height:  3'
Bloom Season:  June-September
Medium soil
Full or part sun
Order form plant #110

Top photo courtesy of: Chicago Botanic Garden, Illinois' Best Plants
Photographer:  Unknown
Bottom photo courtesy of:  Texas A&M University
Photographer:  Hugh Wilson

Photograph of Heuchera richardsonii R.Br. Heuchera richardsonii
Prairie Alumroot
Plug
Greenish-White
Height:  2'
Dry, medium or wet soil
Full to part sun

Order form plant #115
Top photo courtesy of:  Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Photographer:  Merel R. Black

iris shrevei plant w flower.jpg (160857 bytes) Iris virginica shrevei
Blue Flag Iris
Plug
Violet
Height:  2'-3'
Bloom Season:  June
Medium to wet soil
Full sun
Order form plant #120
Photograph courtesy of:  Kaneland Elementary School
Photographer:  Unknown

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Liatris aspera
Rough Blazing Star
Plug
Rosy lilac
Height:  2'-3'
Bloom Season:  September-October
Dry to medium soil
Full or part sun
Order form plant #125

Top photo courtesy of:  Wildflowers of Western Kentucky
Photographer:  Michael W. Thompson
Bottom photo courtesy of:  Illinois Natural History Survey
Photographer:  K.R. Robertson

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Liatris pycnostachya
Prairie Blazing Star
Plug
Rosy lilac
Height:  2'-4'
Bloom Season:  July-September
Dry, medium, or wet soil
Full sun
Order form plant #135
Top photo courtesy of:  Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Photographer: John M. Schoeneker, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bottom photo courtesy of:  Illinois Natural History Survey
Photographer:  K.R. Robertson

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Lobelia cardinalis
Cardinal Flower
Plug
Red
Height:  2'-4'
Bloom Season:  July-September
Wet soil
Part sun or shade
Order form plant #145

 

 


Top photo courtesy of:  Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Top photographer:  Kenneth J. Sytsma, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bottom photo courtesy of:  Smithsonian Institution, DC Herbarium
Photographer:  E. Haug

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Lobelia siphilitica
Great Lobelia
Plug
Blue
Height:  2'-4'
Bloom Season:  July-August
Medium to wet soil
Full or part sun
Order form plant #150

Top photo courtesy of: Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses
Photographer:  Mike Haddock
Bottom photo courtesy of:  University of South Dakota
Photographer:  Unknown

Photograph of Lysimachia ciliata L. Lysimachia ciliata
Fringed Loosestrife
4 1/2" Pot
Yellow
Height:  1 - 3'
Bloom Season: June-August
Medium to wet soil
Full sun to part shade
Order form plant #153

Photo courtesy of : Wisconsin State Herbarium, Keir's Botanical Photo Archive
Photographer:  Keir Morse
   
 

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