LCSOB Wildflowers

Wild About Flowers

Okay so we have to pull a few weeds once in a while to keep our home looking neat and tidy. But interspersed among the foxtail and dandelion are some beautiful wildflowers that make a noontime hike around the LCSOB well worth the trip for building occupants. The Division of State Parks' Tim Vogt completed a survey of all the wildflowers on site, and the results are truly amazing. A printer friendly list is available that gives the name and scientific name.

For those of you unsure how to recognize Dactylis glomerata, Liquidambar styraciflua and Silpheum terebinthinaceum, Parks suggests a copy of the Missouri Department of Conservation's Missouri Wildflowers by Edgar Denison.

Click on a heading below to sort by Scientific Name, Common Name, Color, or Bloom Time.

Scientific Name	Common Name	Color	Bloom Time
Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Common Ragweed	Green	August - end of summer
Ambrosia trifida	Giant Ragweed	Green	July - September
Amorpha canescens	Lead Plant	Purple	May - June
Andropogon gerardii	Big Bluestem	Purple	September - February
Apocynum canabinum	Prairie Dogbane	White/Green	July - August
Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly Milkweed	Yellow/Orange	June - August
Bromus sp.	Cheat Grass	Red	August - May
Campsis radicans	Trumpet Vine	Red	July
Carex vulpinoidea	Foxtail Sedge	Green	May - July
Cassia fasciculata	Partridge Pea	Yellow	July - August
Centaurea cyanus	Bachelor's Button	Blue	June - September
Chenopodium album	Lamb's Quarters	Green	May - October
Conyza canadensis	Horseweed	White	July - August
Coreopsis tinctoria	Plains Coreopsis (Tickseed)	Yellow	June - September
Dactylis glomerata	Orchard Grass	Green	May - June
Dalea candidum	White Prairie Clover	White	May - July
Dalea purpurea	Purple Prairie Clover	Purple	June - August
Daucus carota	Queen Anne's Lace	White	May - October
Desmodium sp.	Beggar's Ticks	Pink	July - September
Echinacea purpurea	Purple Coneflower	Purple	June - August
Elymus canadensis	Canada Wild Rye	Green	July - September
Erigeron annuus	Daisy Fleabane	White	May - September
Eupatorium purpureum	Joe Pye Weed	Purple	July - September
Festuca arundinacea	Fescue	Green	March - October
Gaillardia pulchella	Blanket Flower	Red	June - To frost
Geranium carolinianum	Cranesbill	Pink	May - June
Helianthus annuus	Annual Sunflower	Yellow	July - August
Iodanthus pinnatifidus	Purple Rocket	Purple	May - June
Juncus tenuis	Path Rush	Green	May - September
Lactuca serriola	Prickly Lettuce	Yellow	July - September
Leucanthemum vulgare	Ox-eye Daisy	White	May - August
Liatris pycnostachya	Prairie Blazingstar	Purple	July - August
Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweet Gum	Green	April - May
Lolium sp.	Rye Grass	Green	March - October
Medicago lupulina	Black Medic	Yellow	April - October
Melilotus alba	White Sweetclover	White	May - September
Melilotus officinalis	Yellow Sweetclover	Yellow	May - September
Monarda citriodora	Lemon Beebalm	Purple	May - August
Monarda fistulosa	Wild Bergamot	Pink/Purple	June - August
Oenothera biennis	Evening Primrose	Yellow	May - June
Oxalis stricta	Yellow Wood Sorrel	Yellow	April - June
Panicum virgatum	Switch Grass	Pink	July - February
Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia Creeper	Green	May - August
Phleum pratense	Timothy	Green	May - August
Phytolacca americana	Pokeweed	White	May - October
Plantago lanceolata	English Plantain	White	April - October
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	Yellow/Red	April
Ratibida columnifera	Long-headed Coneflower	Yellow/Red	June - September
Ratibida pinnata	Gray-headed Coneflower	Yellow	June - August
Robinia pseudoacacia	Black Locust	White	May - June
Rudbeckia hirta	Black-eyed Susan	Yellow	June - September
Rudbeckia subtomentosa	Sweet Coneflower	Yellow	July - October
Rudbeckia triloba	Brown-eyed Susan	Yellow	July - October
Rumex crispus	Curly Dock	Green	April - May
Scirpus atrovirens	Common Bulrush	Brown	May - September
Silphium laciniatum	Compass Plant	Yellow	July - September
Silphium perfoliatum	Cup Plant	Yellow	July - September
Silphium terebinthinaceum	Prairie Dock	Yellow	July - September
Solanum carolinense	Horse Nettle	White	May - October
Solidago altissima	Goldenrod	Yellow	August - November
Solidago rigida	Stiff Goldenrod	Yellow	August - September
Solidago speciosa	Showy Goldenrod	Yellow	July - September
Sorghastrum nutans	Indian Grass	Yellow	September - February
Sorghum halepense	Johnson Grass	Red	June - November
Sporobolus heterolepis	Prairie Dropseed	Pink	August - October
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	New England Aster	Purple	August - October
Symphyotrichum pilosum	Old Field Aster	White	August - October
Taraxacum officinale	Dandelion	Yellow	March - November
Tradescantia ohiense	Ohio Spiderwort	Blue	May - July
Trifolium pratense	Red Clover	Pink	May - September
Trifolium repens	White Clover	White	May - June
Triticum cereale	Wheat	Green	May - July
Verbascum thaspus	Flannel Plant	Yellow	May - September
Verbesina alternifolia	Yellow Ironweed	Yellow	August - October
Vernonia baldwinii	Baldwin's ironweed	Purple	July - September
Viola sp.	Violet	Purple	March - June