Special Collections
Midwest Pollinator Plant List
Recommended native plants that are highly attractive to pollinators such as native bees, honey bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. Visit Pollinator Conservation Resources – Midwest Region for additional information. The pollinator resources found on this page support habitat projects in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. This information provided by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Agastache nepetoides | Yellow Giant Hyssop | |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant Amorpha Prairie Shoestring | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Baptisia bracteata | Longbract Wild Indigo | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
| Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
| Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn Cockspur Thorn Newcastle Hawthorn Newcastle Thorn Hog Apple | |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower Pale Coneflower | |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master Button Eryngo Button Snakeroot Beargrass Bear's Grass | |
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