Native Plants Echinacea - Iris


Reference Page – This page is intended to serve as a reference page, an opportunity to learn a bit about some of the more common plants native to the state of Ohio. They are alphabetized by scientific names starting with Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower through Iris versicolor - Blue Flag Iris
Field of Purple Coneflowers
Purple Coneflower
Rattlesnake master looks like dried seed heads all summer long. The white flowers in picture are daisies.
Rattlesnake Master
White flowers of Eupatorium altissimum, Tall Boneset against a black background.
Tall Boneset
Close up of Common Bonset's white flowers.
Common Boneset
Pale purple Joe-pye-weed with two bees on top.
Joe-pye-weed
Feathery bright pink flower that looks like cotton candy.
Queen of the Prairie
Five blue flowers that are the size of a child's thumb.
Bottle Gentian
A pale blue flower with frilly edges.
Fringed Gentian
Two light purple flowers on deeply lobed Wild geranoum leaves.
Wild Geranium
Yellow daisy like flower with a reddish orange center.
Purple-headed Sneezeweed
A very tall sunflower with small yellow petal that have pointy tips.
Saw tooth Sunflower
Helianthus mollis large yellow sunflowers growing next to an oak tree and leaning on a fence.
Downy Sunflower
Several Helianthus strumosus yellow flowers with petals, a few brown ones going to seed.
Pale Sunflower
One yellow sunflower with long petals.
Jerusalem Artichoke
Garden with 50 Heliopsis helianthoides, flowers each with bright yellow petals and orange centers.
Early Sunflower
Goldenseal - one ripe red berry in th middle of four leaves that look like fingers.
Goldenseal
Impatiens capensis, Forget- me-nots, a yellow flower with orange dots
Forget-me-not
Iris cristata, Woodland Iris, two light blue iris flowers
Woodland Iris
Iris versicolor , Northern Blue Flag Iris
N. Blue Flag Iris