Perennials Native to Illinois

Anemone canadensis
Meadow Anemone

Asarum canadense
Canadian Ginger

Asclepias incarnata
Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias purpurascens
Purple Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Flower

Asplenium ebenoides
Dragontail Fern

Bouteloua curtipendula
Side-oats Grama

Ceanothus americanus
New Jersey Tea

Chasmanthium latifolium
Northern Sea Oats

Chelone glabra
Turtlehead

Coreopsis lanceolata
Lance-leaf Coreopsis

Dalea purpurea
Purple Prairie Clover

Dryopteris marginalis
Eastern Wood Fern

Gentiana alba
Cream Gentian

Geranium 'Dark Roast'
Wild Geranium

Iris cristata
Dwarf Crested Iris

Iris virginica var. shrevei
Blueflag Iris

Liatris aspera
Rough Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya
Prairie Blazing Star

Lilium michiganense
Michigan Lily

Lobelia cardinalis
Cardinal Flower

Matteuccia struthiopteris
Ostrich Fern

Monarda fistulosa
Wild Bergamot

Opuntia humifusa
Prickly Pear

Penstemon digitalis
Foxglove Beardtongue

Phlox divaricata
Woodland Phlox

Physostegia virginiana
Obedient Plant

Pycnanthemum muticum
Clustered Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum
Mountain Mint

Rudbeckia fulgida var. speciosa
Showy Black-eyed Susan

Sanguisorba canadensis
American Burnet

Sisyrinchium albidum
White Blue-eyed Grass

Solidago speciosa
Showy Goldenrod

Sporobolus heterolepis
Prairie Dropseed

Stylophorum diphyllum
Wood Poppy

Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Heart-leaved Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
New England Aster

Symphyotrichum oblingifolium
Aromatic Aster

Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Sky-blue Aster

Tradescantia ohiensis
Spiderwort

Trillium grandiflorum
White Wake Robin

Uvularia grandiflora
Bellwort

Vernonia fasciculata
Common Ironweed

Zizia aptera
Heart-leaved Meadow Parsnip

Zizia aurea
Golden Alexanders