Missouri Native Plants
Asclepias syrica – Common Milkweed
Essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Mo Bot Garden's Plant of Merit winner.
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Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed
#1 best selling Missouri native perennial.
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Asclepias verticillata – Whorled Milkweed
Important food source for Monarch butterflies.
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Asclepias viridis – Green Milkweed
Missouri native perennial.
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Aster cordifolius – Blue Wood Aster
Shade loving Missouri native with clouds of rich blue flowers.
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Aster laevis – Smooth Aster
Billowing panicles of soft blue flowers in autumn.
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Aster oblongifolium – Aromatic Aster
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
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Baptisia australis – Blue Indigo
A Missouri native adored for its indigo blossoms.
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Callicarpa americana, American Beautyberry
Missouri native shrub with showy purple berries.
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Callirhoe involucrata – Purple Poppy Mallow
2019 Native of the Year.
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Calycanthus floridus, Carolina Allspice
Award winning Missouri native shrub with highly scented flowers.
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Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
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Carex eburnea – Bristle Leaf Sedge
Looks like grass but no mowing required, shade lover.
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Carex pensylvanica, Pennsylvania Sedge
Easy to grow ground cover Sedge.
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Cephalanthus Fiber Optics Buttonbush
Dwarf variety of Missouri native. Showy flowers beloved by native wildlife.
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Cephalanthus occidentalis, Buttonbush
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Cephalanthus Sugar Shack, Buttonbush
Dwarf variety of Missouri Native. Show flowers beloved by native wildlife.
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Cercis canadensis, Eastern Redbud
Showy flowers on this easy native tree.
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Chelone glabra -Turtle Head
Missouri native moisture loving perennial.
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Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
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Cladrastis kentukea, Yellowwood
Missouri native tree with showy flowers and foliage.
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