Forbs

Table of Contents

The Species Production Guides for forbs (wildflowers) provide specific information about growing each of these species for seed production. 

Scroll the list (alphabetized by scientific name) or press ctrl-f (or command-f) to search for any name in this page. 

A printable file (pdf) is also provided on each species page for those needing a print version.

This section is a work in progress. We will continue to add new species guides as they are completed.

  • Anemone canadensis / Canadian anemone 

  • Anemone cylindrica / candle anemone

  • Anemone virginiana / tall thimbleweed

  • Artemisia ludoviciana / white sagebrush

  • Asclepias incarnata / swamp milkweed

  • Asclepias syriaca / common milkweed

  • Asclepias tuberosa / butterfly milkweed 

  • Asclepias verticillata / whorled milkweed

  • Chelone glabra / white turtlehead 

  • Coreopsis palmata / stiff tickseed

  • Coreopsis tripteris / tall tickseed

  • Doellingeria umbellata / parasol whitetop

  • Potentilla arguta / tall cinquefoil 

  • Echinacea pallida / pale purple coneflower

  • Eryngium yuccifolium / button eryngo

  • Eupatorium perfoliatum / common boneset

  • Euthamia graminifolia / flat-top goldentop

  • Eutrochium maculatum / spotted joe pye weed

  • Fragaria virginiana / Virginia strawberry

  • Gentiana alba / plain gentian

  • Gentiana andrewsii / closed bottle gentian

  • Heliopsis helianthoides / smooth oxeye

  • Helianthus pauciflorus / stiff sunflower

  • Hypericum ascyron / great St. Johnswort

  • Liatris aspera / tall blazing star

  • Liatris ligulistylis / Rocky Mountain blazing star 

  • Liatris pycnostachya / prairie blazing star 

  • Lobelia cardinalis / cardinalflower 

  • Lobelia siphilitica / great blue lobelia

  • Lythrum alatum / winged lythrum

  • Monarda fistulosa / wild bergamot

  • Monarda punctata / spotted beebalm

  • Oligoneuron riddellii / Riddell's goldenrod 

  • Oligoneuron rigidum / stiff goldenrod 

  • Parthenium integrifolium / wild quinine 

  • Pedicularis lanceolata / swamp lousewort

  • Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata /  lance selfheal

  • Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. pilosum / whorled mountainmint

  • Pycnanthemum tenuifolium / narrowleaf mountainmint

  • Pycnanthemum virginianum / Virginia mountainmint 

  • Ratibida pinnata / pinnate prairie coneflower

  • Rudbeckia subtomentosa / sweet coneflower

  • Ruellia humilis / hairy wild petunia

  • Silphium integrifolium / wholeleaf rosinweed

  • Silphium laciniatum / compassplant 

  • Solidago missouriensis / Missouri goldenrod 

  • Solidago speciosa / showy goldenrod 

  • Symphyotrichum laeve / smooth blue aster

  • Symphyotrichum novae-angliae / New England aster 

  • Symphyotrichum oolentangiense / skyblue aster

  • Symphyotrichum praealtum / willowleaf aster

  • Tradescantia bracteata / longbract spiderwort

  • Tradescantia ohiensis / bluejacket

  • Vernonia baldwinii / Baldwin's ironweed

  • Vernonia fasciculata / prairie ironweed

  • Verbena hastata / swamp verbena

  • Veronicastrum virginicum / Culver's root 

  • Zizia aptera / meadow zizia

  • Zizia aurea / golden zizia