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Silphium terebinthinaceum is an herbaceous perennial growing 3 to 10 feet (1 to 3 m) tall. [5] Prairie dock produces small yellow flowers about 2– 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (5–6 cm) in diameter in the summer.
Erysimum capitatum is a mustard-like plant with thin, erect stems growing from a basal rosette and topped with dense bunches of variably colored flowers. Flowers are most typically bright golden, yellow, or tangerine-colored, but plants in some populations may have red, white or purple flowers. Each flower has four flat petals.
This is a list of all the wildflowers native to Minnesota by common name, following Minnesota DNR conventions. Where several species of plants share part of a common name, they have been grouped together under that name; this is for indexing purposes and does not always indicate a taxonomic relationship.
Ratibida pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names pinnate prairie coneflower, [2] gray-head coneflower, yellow coneflower, and prairie coneflower. It is native to the central and eastern United States and Ontario in Canada.
Plants that have higher numbers of sepals on flowers will usually revert to having the more common six in future years. [9] The petals are oblong to elliptic in shape. [5] The flowers resemble upward facing bells and are 20–40 mm long. [10] [8] The center of the flower is bright yellow with a mound of 150–200 stamens surrounding the many ...
Viola nuttallii (Nuttall's violet or yellow prairie violet [1]) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the violet family , and is one of the few violet species with lanceolate leaves. It is native to the western Canada and the north-central and western United States, [ 2 ] appearing in upper steppe lands, forests, and alpine ridges.
Ratibida columnifera, commonly known as upright prairie coneflower, [2] Mexican hat, [3] and longhead prairie coneflower, [4] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the genus Ratibida in the family Asteraceae. It is native to much of North America and inhabits prairies, plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas.
Sorghastrum nutans, known as Indiangrass, [2] [3] is a North American prairie grass found in the United States and Canada, especially in the Great Plains and tallgrass prairies. It is sometimes called Indian grass [4], yellow Indian-grass, [2] or wood grass. [5]