Native range

Native plants of Minnesota

144 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Minnesota, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 119 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 162 of 162 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Minnesota is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 162 plants, 151 have been checked against outside sources (4 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Foliage
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Creeping Oregon Grape
Berberis repens
Part shadeZones 5–812 inModerate
Foliage
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Foliage
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Peach Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Purple Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Purple Poppy Mallow
Callirhoe involucrata
Full sunZones 4–88 inModerate
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Red Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
White Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

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