Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Image: Jerry Oldenettel / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Smooth Penstemon
Penstemon digitalis
Image: Jerry Oldenettel / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Wild Indigo
Coreopsis lanceolata
Image: Mason Brock / CC0 Public Domain
Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Image: Robert Duval, Sr. / CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Image: Rachid H. / CC BY-NC 2.0
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Image: Peter Gorman / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum spp.
Image: Jerry Oldenettel / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Image: F. D. Richards / CC BY-SA 2.0
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Image: NRCS Montana / CC0 Public Domain
Field Thistle
Cirsium discolor
Image: Frank Mayfield / CC BY-SA 2.0
Marshing Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Image: Pixel2013 / CC0 Public Domain
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
Image: BlueRidgeKitties / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Bottle Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii
Image: Joshua Mayer / CC BY-SA 2.0
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Image: The Cosmonaut / CC BY-SA 2.5 CA
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Image: SB_Johnny / CC BY-SA 3.0
Seaside Goldenrod
Solidago sempervirens
Image: Amada44 / CC BY 2.0
Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Image: Agnieszka Kwiecien, Nova / CC BY-SA 4.0
Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Image: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma / CC BY-SA 4.0
Our wildflower guides are adapted, with permission, from the Xerces Society’s pollinator-friendly native plants lists.
Two other great resources for wildlife-friendly native plants are National Wildlife Foundation’s Native Plant Finder and Audubon Societies’ Plants for Birds.