Missouri Native Plants
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Polemonium reptans – Jacob’s Ladder
Top Missouri native ground cover for shady areas.
Polygonatum biflorum – Solomon’s Seal
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – Slender Mountain Mint
2020 Native of the Year.
Quercus bicolor – Swamp White Oak Tree
Bring the gift of nature home with this beauty.
Ratibida columnifera – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Ratibida pinnata – Gray Head Mexican Hat
Fun Missouri native perennial.
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac
A Missouri native shrub with fascinating foliage and flowers.
Rudbeckia fulgida – Black-Eyed Susan
Birds love this Missouri native's seeds.
Rudbeckia hirta – Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia missouriensis – Missouri Black-Eyed Susan
An important food source for butterflies and hummingbirds.
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Coneflower
Armloads of cut flowers with the Missouri native sun perennial.
Ruellia hymilis – Wild Petunia
Salvia azurea – Blue Sage
Azure blue flowers midsummer through fall. Mo native.
Sambucus canadensis Elderberry
Showy lace cap flowers on this easy native shrub.
Schizachyrium – Standing Ovation Little Bluestem Grass
2022 Perennial Plant Association Perennial Plant Of the Year. A superior selection of our native grass.
Sedum ternatum – Three-Leafed Stonecrop
Silphium laciniatum – Compass Plant
Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant
One of the best Native Missouri perennials for attracting birds.
Silphium terebinthinaceum – Prairie Dock
A Missouri native perennial that looks like a tropical.
Solidago flexicaulis Zig-zag Goldenrod
An important pollinator food source.
Solidago speciosa – Showy Goldenrod
Important Mo. native pollinator plant.
Sporobolus heterolepis, Prairie Dropseed
Popular Missouri native grass that smells like popcorn.
Thalictrum dioicum – Early Meadow Rue
Its beautiful ferny foliage turns gorgeous olive green in fall.
Tradescantia ohiensis – Ohio Spiderwort
Easy to grow Missouri native perennial.