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Prairie Nursery
Since 1972, Prairie Nursery has provided the finest quality native perennial plants and seeds for virtually any soil or sunlight condition. We also offer No Mow turf grass for a drought tolerant low maintenance alternative to a traditional high input lawn. Experienced consulting and installation services are available in Wisconsin and Illinois. Extensive display gardens and a well stocked retail store are on site in Westfield, WI.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Delphinium exaltatum | Tall Larkspur | |
| Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Eastern Hay-scented Fern | |
| Dicentra eximia | Turkey Corn Fringed Bleedinghearts Wild Bleedingheart | |
| Dodecatheon meadia | Eastern Shooting Star Shooting Star Pride Of Ohio Roosterheads Prairie Pointers | |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Woodfern Marginal Fern Marginal Shieldfern | |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower Pale Coneflower | |
| Echinacea paradoxa | Yellow Coneflower Yellow Echinacea | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
| Elymus hystrix | Eastern Bottlebrush Grass Bottlebrush Grass | |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye Virginia Wildrye | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass Purple Love Grass Purple Plains Lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat Climber | |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master Button Eryngo Button Snakeroot Beargrass Bear's Grass | |
| Eutrochium fistulosum | Joe-pye Weed Trumpetweed Queen Of The Meadow Hollow Joe-pye Weed | |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | |
| Filipendula rubra | Queen Of The Prairie Queen-of-the-prairie | |
| Fragaria virginiana | Virginia Strawberry Wild Strawberry | |
| Gaultheria procumbens | Eastern Teaberry Wintergreen Checkerberry | |
| Gentiana andrewsii | Closed Bottle Gentian Closed Gentian Bottle Gentian | |
| Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium Wild Geranium Cranesbill | |
| Geum triflorum | Old Man's Whiskers Prairie Smoke Purple Avens | |
| Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Western Oakfern Northern Oak Fern | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-hazel American Witch-hazel Common Witch-hazel Winterbloom Snapping Hazelnut Striped Alder Spotted Alder Tobacco-wood Water-witch | |
| Heuchera americana | American Alumroot Alumroot | |
| Helenium autumnale | Common Sneezeweed Fall Sneezeweed Autumn Sneezeweed | |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Smooth Oxeye Oxeye Sunflower False Sunflower | |
| Helianthus occidentalis | Fewleaf Sunflower Western Sunflower | |
| Helianthus strumosus | Paleleaf Woodland Sunflower Paleleaf Sunflower Woodland Sunflower | |
| Heuchera villosa | Hairy Alumroot | |
| Hierochloe odorata | Sweetgrass Vanilla Grass Sweet Grass | |
| Iris versicolor | Harlequin Blueflag Northern Blue Flag Large Blue Iris | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's Grass | |
| Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star Tall Gayfeather Tall Liatris Rough Blazing Star Rough Gayfeather Rough Liatris Button Snakeroot | |
| Liatris ligulistylis | Rocky Mountain Blazing Star Rocky Mountain Gayfeather Rocky Mountain Liatris Meadow Blazing Star Meadow Gayfeather Meadow Liatris | |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Prairie Gayfeather Prairie Liatris Kansas Blazing Star Kansas Gayfeather Kansas Liatris Cat-tail Blazing Star Cat-tail Gayfeather Cat-tail Liatris Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
| Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
| Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine Wild Lupine | |
| Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Spikenard False Solomon's Seal Solomon's Plume Smilacina | |
| Maianthemum stellatum | Starry False Lily Of The Valley Starry False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon's Seal | |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells | |
| Mimulus ringens | Allegheny Monkeyflower Square-stemmed Monkeyflower Square-stem Monkeyflower | |
| Monarda didyma | Scarlet Beebalm Oswego Tea Red Bergamot | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern Bead Fern Sympathy Fern | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
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