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Mid U.S. Wildflowers
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NAME
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THUMB
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COLOR
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BLOOM
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DISCRIPTION
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| Beard Tongue |
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May-Jul
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to 4 foot tall | |
| Bedstraw |
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May-Jul
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to 2 foot tall | |
| Black-Eyed Susan |
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May-Oct
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To 3 foot tall | |
| Black Mustard |
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Apr-Nov
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To 5 foot tall | |
| Bluets |
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Apr-Nov
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To 3 inches | |
| Blue-Eyed Grass |
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May-Jul
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to 2 foot tall | |
| Bull Thistle |
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Jun-Sep
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to7 foot tall | |
| Chickweed |
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Apr
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As seen about a foot tall | |
| Cinquefoils |
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May
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As seen almost a foot tall | |
| Crown Vetch |
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May-Aug
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to 2 foot tall, a common roadside groundcover | |
| Dandelion |
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Mar-
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Yard weed, herb | |
| Daylilly |
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May-Aug
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To 3 ft. tall | |
| Dogwood |
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Apr-Mar
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Medium Tree | |
| Forsythia |
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Mar-
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To 10 tall bush | |
| Ground Ivy |
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Mar-
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Tiny violet type plant | |
| Hairy Vetch |
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Apr-Oct
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to 2.5 foot tall | |
| Henbit |
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Feb-Nov
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Weed | |
| Hoary Puccoon |
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Mar-Jun
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to 12 inches | |
| Hawthorn |
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Apr-Jun
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bush or small tree | |
| Horsemint |
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Apr-Jun
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to 3.5 ft | |
| Honey Suckle |
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Apr-Jun
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shrub or can climb trees or fences | |
| Miami Mist |
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Apr-Jun
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to 18 inches | |
| Perennial Pea |
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May-Sep
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to 2.5 foot tall | |
| Periwinkle |
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Mar-
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Ground cover, herb, not native to US | |
| Philadelphia Fleabane |
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Apr-Jun-
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to 3 foot tall | |
| Plum Tree |
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Mar-
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Tree | |
| Praire Rose |
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May-Jul
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Thicket or climbs fences | |
| Purple Coneflower |
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May-Oct
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to 2 foot tall | |
| Purple Prairie Clover |
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Jun-Sep
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to 2.5 foot tall | |
| Rosebud |
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Mar-Apr
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Small/medium tree | |
| Rose Verbena |
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Mar-Nov
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Up to 1 ft. high | |
| Shadebush |
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Mar-May
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shrub or tree | |
| Shepherd's Purse |
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Apr
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As seen almost a foot tall | |
| Spring Beauty |
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Feb-May
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to 5 inches, white flower with pink viens | |
| Squaw Weed |
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Apr-Jun
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to 2 feet tall | |
| Star of Bethlahem |
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Apr-Jun
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to 1 foot tall | |
| Wild Crab |
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Apr-May
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Small tree, Good chance Im wrong about this identification | |
| Wild Sweet William |
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Apr-Jun
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Grows to 1 foot tall | |
| White Prairie Clover |
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Jun-Sep
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to 2 foot tall | |
| Violet |
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Mar-Jun
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to 2 foot tall, not sure what kind of violet this is | |
| Yarrow |
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May
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As seen about 1.5 foot tall | |
| Yellow Sweet Clover |
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May-Oct
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to 6 foot tall | |
| Yellow Rocket |
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Apr-Jun
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to 2 foot tall | |
| Yellow Wood Sorrel |
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May-Oct
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to 8 inches | |
| Avens |
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Apr
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Small weed | |
| Unknown 3 |
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Mar-
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Tree | |
| Unknown 4 |
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Mar-
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Tree | |
| Unknown 5 |
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Mar-
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very close to ground | |
| Unknown 10 |
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May
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As seen almost a foot tall | |
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Photographs and webpage
by Jeff Gilbert Page created 02APR99 last updated 20MAR2001 |
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