Missouri Native Plants
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Aster cordifolius – Blue Wood Aster
Shade loving Missouri native with clouds of rich blue flowers.
Aster laevis – Smooth Aster
Billowing panicles of soft blue flowers in autumn.
Aster oblongifolium – Aromatic Aster
Important Missouri native pollinator plant.
Baptisia alba – White Wild Indigo
A tough Missouri native perennial.
Baptisia bracteata – Cream Wild Indigo
Easy to grow Missouri native perennial.
Baptisia sphaerocarpa – Yellow Wild Indigo
Spectacular Missouri wildflower.
Calycanthus floridus – Carolina Allspice
Award winning Missouri native shrub with highly scented flowers.
Carex albicans – White-Tinged Sedge
Pretty Missouri native Sedge.
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge or Oak Sedge
Native Sedge ideal for shade to deep shade where nothing else will grow.
Carex vulpinoidea, Fox Sedge
Thrives in wet spots.
Cephalanthus – Magical Moonlight Buttonbush
Dwarf variety of Missouri Native. Showy flowers beloved by native wildlife.
Cephalanthus Fiber Optics Buttonbush
Dwarf variety of Missouri native. Showy flowers beloved by native wildlife.
Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats
Bring beautiful form to your shade garden.
Chelone obliqua – Turtle Head
Popular native Missouri perennial with turtle head shaped flowers.
Cimicifuga racemosa – Actea racemosa – Fairy Candles
Our most enchanting Missouri plant.
Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood
Popular Missouri native tree.
Echinacea angustifolia – Narrow-Leaf Coneflower
A charming Missouri native perennial.
Echinacea simulata – Glade Coneflower
Tough Missouri native perennial.
Gentiana andrewsii – Bottle Gentian
Heuchera richardsonii – Alum Root
Missouri native perennial.
Iris virginica shrevei – Southern Blue Flag
Missouri native Iris for wet spots.
Itea virginica, Virginia Sweetspire
This small Missouri and Illinois native shrubs grows anywhere, sun, shade, wet, dry.
Liatris aspera – Rough Blazing Star
An important food source for pollinators, Missouri and Illinois native perennial.
Liatris scariosa Blazing Star
Has the largest flowers of all Missouri native Blazing Stars.
Oenothera missouriensis – Evening Sun Missouri Evening Primrose
A superior selection of our beloved Missouri Evening Primrose, sun perennial.
Packera aurea – Golden Groundsel
Dream plant for tough dry shade spots.
Parthenium integrifolium – Wild Quinine
Interesting Missouri native perennial.
Penstemon cobaea – Foxglove Beardtongue
Beautiful Missouri native with huge blossoms.
Physocarpus opulifolius, Ninebark
Showy native shrub. Perfect for borders, erosion control and pollinator gardens.
Ratibida columnifera – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Silphium laciniatum – Compass Plant
Solidago flexicaulis Zig-zag Goldenrod
An important pollinator food source.
Solidago speciosa – Showy Goldenrod
Important Mo. native pollinator plant.
Taxodium distichum – Bald Cypress
Tough native tree that will grow just about anywhere in the sun.
Vernonia arkansana – Curlytop Ironweed
Featured plant of the Missouri Prairie Foundation Grow Native Pollinator Buffet program.
Rhus glabra – Smooth Sumac
A Missouri native shrub with fascinating foliage and flowers.
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