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Category: Wildflowers

Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description
Three-lobed leaves on sprawling stolons white flowers and small edible strawberries

Occurrence
Widespread – mostly in the field area rather than the woods

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Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Semi-short prairie plant with white tube-shaped flowers

Occurrence
Seeded in prairie forb area next to field road

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Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus)

Native To State: NO
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Herbaceous leafy plant in wet areas. Flowers are yellow and resemble a monkey face when turned upside down.

Occurrence
Planted in back 40 wet area

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Bicknell’s Cranesbill (Geranium bicknellii)

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description
Clump of green palmate leaves with pink flowers in pairs.

Occurrence
Found in back 40 field

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Field Sagewort (Artemisia campestris)

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description
Tall feathery-leaved plant with mares tail-like spikes of green flowers

Occurrence
Found in the field where soils are poor

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Silver Cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)

Native To State: NO
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description
Silvery toothed palmate leaves with white underssides and yellow 5-petal flower

Occurrence
Found field where grass is shorter

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True Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)

Native To State: NO
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Leafy, weak-stemmed plants with bright blue five-petaled flowers with yellow centers.

Occurrence
Found in back 40 low area

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Greater Yellow Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens)

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Native orchid with bright yellow slipper-shaped flowers

Occurrence
Found in fern area and near original prairie section

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Starflower (Lysimachia borealis)

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Small stem with a single umbrella of 5-9 leaves. White star-shaped flowers give rise to its name

Occurrence
Found in large brush island

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Spreading Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description
Woodland plant with pinate ladder-like leaves and blue flowers

Occurrence
Found in fern area and large brush island

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USDA Zone 4a

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