Native range

Native plants of Montana

73 wild species and 15 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Montana, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 51 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 88 of 88 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; Montana 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 88 plants, 77 have been checked against outside sources; 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
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Lisianthus
Eustoma
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
Picotee Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Pink Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Rose Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Western Mock Orange
Philadelphus lewisii
Full sunZones 5–97.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Western Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
Full shadeZones 6–93.5 ftModerate
White Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
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
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Foam Flower
Tiarella
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

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