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Common Name Scientific Name Bloom time*
*Bloom time: For flowering plants, the approximate time for first blooms; for other plants - when first fully formed or in leaf. Some plants bloom for long periods. " Spring" = April to May 31; "Early Summer" = June 1 to July 15; "Late Summer" = July 16 to August 31; "Autumn" = Sept. 1 to Oct. 31.
Links on the name are to a page of photos and plant information.
Botanical classification: Over the last several years Botanists have reclassified many plants from previous classifications. In some cases consolidating species and varieties and in some cases reclassifying to a different genus. We use the USDA Plants Database which in early 2010 completed a major update of these botanical classifications. Reference books in print will not reflect these recent updates until revised editions are published. While many plants may be known by a previous botanical name and, in many cases by a variety of common names, we have updated the listings on this website to the newest nomenclature.
Nannyberry Viburnum lentago L. Late Spring Thumbnail
Narrow-leaved Cattail Typha angustifolia L. Early Summer to Autumn
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New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (L.) [old - Aster novae-angliae] Autumn
New England Aster
New England Blazing Star Liatris scariosa (L.) Willd. var. novae-angliae Lunell Late Summer to Autumn
New England Blazing Star
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus L. Early Summer
New Jersey Tea
Ninebark: See Common Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius (L.) Maxim. Early Summer Ninebark
Nodding Wakerobin (Drooping Trillium) Trillium flexipes Raf. Spring
Nodding Wakerobin
Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum Roth. Late Summer
Nodding Wild Onion
Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale L. Early Summer
Northern Bedstraw
Northern Blazing Star: See New England Blazing Star Above    
Northern Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera Mill. Early Summer
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Northern Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum L. Spring to Autumn
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Obediant Plant Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. Late Summer
Obediant Plant
Ohio Buckeye (American Horse-chestnut) Aesculus glabra Willd. Spring
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Old Man's Whiskers (Prairie Smoke) Geum Triflorum Pursh Spring Purple Avens
Orange Daylily Hemerocallis fulva L. Early Summer
Orange Daylily
Orange Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum L. Early Summer
Orange Hawkweed
Orangefruit Horse Gentian Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell Early Summer - Autumn Orangefruit horse gentian
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Lam (Older - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) Early Summer
Ox-eye Daisy
Pagoda Dogwood see: Alternateleaf Dogwood Cornus alternifolia L.f. Spring Thumbnail
Pale Corydalis See: Rock Harlequin (below) Corydalis sempervirens (L.) Pers. Spring
Pale Dogwood: See Silky Dogwood Below      
Pale Touch-me-not (Pale Jewelweed) Impatiens pallida Nutt. Late Summer
Pale Jewelweed
Paleleaf Sunflower Helianthus strumosus L. Late Summer
Pale Leaved sunflower
Panicled Aster Aster simplex
Partridge-pea Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Late Summer
Partridge Pea
Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus L. Early Summer - Late Summer
Philadelphia Fleabane
Phlox - Garden Phlox paniculata L. Late Summer Garden Phlox
Plain Gentian Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt. Late Summer
Plain Gentian
Pointedleaf Tick-trefoil Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Early summer
Pointed Leaved Tick-trefoil
Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. Early Summer
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Rosinweed (Prairie Dock) Silphium terebinthinaceum Jacq. Late Summer
Prairie Dock
Prairie Sage (White sage) (Western Mugwort) Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. Late Summer
Prairie Sage
Prairie Smoke: See Old Man's Whiskers above    
Prairie Sundrops: See Meadow Evening Primrose Oenothera pilosella Raf. Early Summer
Prairie Sundrops
Prickly Gooseberry (Eastern Prickly Gooseberry) Ribes cynosbati L. Spring
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Pride of Ohio (Prairie Shooting Star) Dodecatheon meadia L. ssp. meadia Late Spring to Early Summer
Pride of Ohio
Purple Bergamot Monarda media
Purple Coneflower: See Eastern Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Early Summer to Autumn
Purple coneflower
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea Vent. (Petalostemum purpureum) Early Summer
Purple Prairie Clover
Purple Stemmed Aster Symphyotrichum puniceum (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve Autumn
Red Stemmed Aster
Purple Trillium See: Red Trillium below Trillium erectum L. Spring
Pussy Willow Salix discolor Muhl. Early Spring Thumbnail
Pussytoes - Field Antennaria neglecta Greene Spring Thumbnail
Queen of the Meadow Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim. Early Summer
Queen of the Meadow
Ragwort, golden Packera aurea (L.) [Senecio aureus] Late Spring Thumbnail
Rampion Bellflower Campanula rapunculoides L. Early Summer Rampion Bellflower
Raspberry, Black - see Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis L. Early Summer Thumbnail
Raspberry, Red - see (Wild Red Raspberry Rubus idaeus L. and Rubus idaeus L. var. strigosus Early Summer Thumbnail
Rattlesnake Root: See White Rattlesnake Root. Prenanthes alba L. Late Summer to Autumn
Rattlesnake Root
Red Baneberry Actaea rubra Willd. Spring
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Red Clover Trifolium pratense L. Early summer Red Clover
Red Elderberry (Common Elderberry) Sambucus racemosa L. var. racemosa. Early Spring
Red Elderberry
Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea L. ssp. sericea (Cornus stolonifera) Spring
Red Osier Ddogwood
Red Trillium (Purple Trillium) Trillium erectum L. Spring
Purple Trillium
Red Turtlehead Chelone obliqua L. Late Summer
Red turtlehead
Red-stemmed Aster: See Purple Stemmed Aster above    
Rock Harlequin (Pale Corydalis) Corydalis sempervirens (L.) Pers. Spring
Pale Corydalis
Rosin-weed: See Wholeleaf Rosinweed Silphium integrifolium Michx. Late Summer
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Roundlobe Hepatica Hepatica nobilis Schreb. var. acuta (Pursh) Steyerm. Early Spring
Hepatica
Rue-anemone Thalictrum thalictroides (L.) Eames & B. Boivin Spring
Rue Anemone
Running Myrtle (Common Periwinkle) Vinca minor L. Spring
Running Myrtle
St. Johnswort (Common) Hypericum perforatum L. Early Summer Common St. Johnswort
Sandwort, Blunt-leaf Moehringia lateriflora (L.) old = Arenaria lateriflora Late Spring Thumbnail
Scarlet Lychnis: See Maltesecross Lychnis chalcedonica L. Early summer
Scarlet Lychnis
Sharplobe Hepatica Hepatica nobilis Schreb. var. acuta (Pursh) Steyerm. Early Spring
Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Shooting Star: See Pride of Ohio above    
Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa Nutt. Autumn
Showy Goldenrod
Showy Lady's-slipper Cypripedium reginae Walter Early Summer
Showy Ladys-slipper
Showy Ticktrefoil (Canada Tick-Trefoil) Desmodium canadense (L.) DC. Late Summer
Showy Tick-trefoil
Silky Aster: See Western Silver Aster Symphyotrichum sericeum (Vent.) G.L. Nesom Autumn
Silky Aster
Silky Dogwood Cornus obliqua Raf. Spring
Pale Dogwood
Sissileleaf Bellwort (Wild Oats) Uvularia sessilifolia L. Spring
Sissileleaf Bellwort
Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt. Early Spring
Skunk Cabbage
Sky-blue Aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (Riddell) Autumn Sky-blue Aster
Smooth Blue Aster Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve [Old - Aster laevis] Autumn
Smooth Aster
Smooth Oxeye (Yellow Oxeye) Heliopsis helianthoides (L) Sweet Early Summer to Late Summer Yellow Ox-eye
Smooth Rose Rosa blanda Aiton Early Summer
Smooth Rose
Snow Trillium Trillium nivale Riddell Early Spring
Snow Trillium
Soapwort: See Bouncing Bet Saponaria officinalis L. Early Summer
Soapwort
Solomon's Seal see "Great Solomon's Seal"  
Spiderwort Tradescantia bracteata Small Early Summer
Spiderwort
Spiderwort see Bluejacket Tradescantia ohiensis Raf. Early Summer
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Spiked Blazing Star: See Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata Late Summer- Autumn
Spiked Blazing Star
Spotted Geranium (Wild Geranium)
Geranium maculatum L.
 Spring
Spotted Geranium
Spotted Jewelweed: See Jewelweed Impatiens capensis Meerb. (OLD - I. biflora) Late Summer
Spotted Jewel-weed
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed Eupatoriadelphus maculatus (L.) King & H. Rob. (OLD - Eupatorium maculatum) Late Summer
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium L. Early summer
Spreading Dogbane
Stickywilly (Cleavers) Galium aparine L. Early Summer
Stickywilly
Stiff Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata Nutt. Early Summer
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Stiff Goldenrod Oligoneuron rigidum (L.) Small [Old - Solidago rigida] Autumn
Stiff Goldenrod
Stinging Nettle: See California Nettle Urtica dioica L. ssp. gracilis (Aiton) Seland. Late Summer Stinging Nettle
Striped Maple Acer pensylvanicum L. Late Spring Thumbnail
Swamp Buttercup (Bristly Buttercup) Ranunculus hispidus Michx. (Older - Ranunculus septentrionalis) Spring
Swamp buttercup
Swamp Milkweed Ascelepias incarnata L. Early Summer
Swamp Milkweed
Swamp Saxifrage see: Eastern Swamp Saxifrage Saxifraga pensylvanica L. Spring
Swamp Saxifrage
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum L. Late Summer thumbnail
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