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Spring Wildflowers
in the
Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway Area

Columbine Pere Marquette State Park	Foxglove Gordon Moore Park

The following are wildflowers that visitors might see on a trip to the Meeting of the the Great Rivers Scenic Byway. Links to the Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery in Ardmore, Oklahoma, Kansas State University's Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses and missouriwildflowerguide.com have been provided. These links provide more information on the various wildflowers and may include pictures (denoted by a !or a !) to help in identification. Keep in mind that environmental conditions cause plants to grow differently in different regions, so there may be some differences in the descriptions provided (including name and color of the flower) and the plants you encounter on your trip.

AREA WILDFLOWERS categorized by color
Wildflowers with predominantly white blossoms
White Anemone anemone canadensis	Thimbleweed anemone virginiana	Pussy Toes antennaria neglecta
False White Indigo baptisia luecantha	Toadflax comandra richardsiana	Shooting Star ! dodecatheon meadia
Wild Strawberry fragaria virginiana	Bedstraw galium obtusum	Fringed Orchid habenaria lacera
Penstemon penstemon pallidus	Bishop's Weed ! ptilimnium nuttallii
Wildflowers with predominantly cream blossoms
Milk Vetch astragalus canadensis	Cream False Indigo baptisia luecophaea	Alum Root heuchera richardson
Prairie Willow salix humilis	Goatsrue ! tephrosia virginiana
Wildflowers with predominantly yellow blossoms
Stiff Tickseed coreopsis palmata	Frostweed heliantemum canadense	Yellow Star Grass hypoxis hirsuta
Puccoon lithospermum canescens	Yellow Puccoon ! lithospermum incisum	Primrose; Sundrops oenothera pilosella
Lousewort pedicularis canadensis	Prairie Parsley ! polytaenia nuttallii	Cinquefoil ! potentilla simplex
Black-eyed Susan ! rudbeckia hirta	Prairie Ragwort ! senecio plattensis	Golden Alexanders ! zizia aurea
Wildflowers with predominantly purple blossoms
Purple Milkweed ascelepias purpurascens	Prairie Thistle cirsium pumilum	Purple Coneflower ! echinacea pallida
Wild Bergamot ! monarda bradburiana	Oxalis ! oxalis violacea	Marsh Phlox phlox glaberrima
Small Skullcap scutellaria parvula
Wildflowers with predominantly blue blossoms
Wild Hyacinth ! camassia scilloides	Prairie Dogtooth Violet erythronium mesochoreum	Mountain Bluets houstonia purpurea
Blue Iris iris brevicaulis	Iris, Wild Flag iris shrevei	Spiked Lobelia lobelia spicata
Blue Eyed Grass sisyrinchium atlanticum	Blue Eyed Grass ! sisyrinchium campestre	Spiderwort ! tradescantia ohiensis
Spiderwort tradescantia virginiana
Wildflowers with predominantly orange blossoms
Butterflyweed ! ascelepias tuberosa	Western Lily lilium philadelphicum
Wildflowers with predominantly pink blossoms
Gerardia gerardia tenuifolia	Prairie Phlox ! phlox pilosa	Carolina Rose rosa carolina
Rose Pink ! sabatia campestris	American Germander ! teucrium canadense	Prairie Spiderwort tradescantia bracteata
Wildflowers with predominantly lavender or violet blossoms
Bluets houstonia nigricans	Prairie Violet ! viola pedatifida	Arrow Leaved Violet viola sagittata
Blue Violet viola sororia