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Wednesday - April 02, 2008
From: Edgewood, PA
Region: Northeast
Topic: Wildflowers
Title: Wildflowers native to Pennsylvania
Answered by: Barbara Medford
QUESTION:
Please provide the names of a few wildflowers that are native to Pennsylvania.ANSWER:
Is this enough?
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)
Anemone canadensis (Canadian anemone)
Aquilegia canadensis (red columbine)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
Campanulastrum americanum (American bellflower)
Campanula rotundifolia (bluebell bellflower)
Claytonia virginica (Virginia springbeauty)
Conoclinium coelestinum (blue mistflower)
Desmodium canadense (showy ticktrefoil)
Delphinium tricorne (dwarf larkspur)
Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus (trumpetweed)
Liatris spicata (dense blazing star)
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