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Photo of American germander flowers

American Germander

Teucrium canadense

Photo of blue vervain flower clusters in a prairie

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

Photo of Chinese yam showing leaves and bulbils

Chinese Yam

Dioscorea oppositifolia (sometimes called D. batatas)

Invasive

Photo of dead nettle stalk with flowers

Dead Nettle

Lamium purpureum

Deptfort pink blooming in an open area

Deptford Pink

Dianthus armeria

Photo of false dragonhead plant with flowers

False Dragonhead (Obedient Plant)

Physostegia virginiana

Photo of several big bluestem seed heads against a blue sky.

Grasses

All true grasses (species in the grass family).

Photo of whorled milkweed flowers.

Milkweeds

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Photo of northern fog fruit flowering head

Northern Fog Fruit

Lippia lanceolata (formerly Phyla lanceolata)

Photo of three ox-eye or false sunflower flowerheads

Ox-Eye (Sunflower Heliopsis; False Sunflower)

Heliopsis helianthoides

Photo of purple loosestrife flowering stalks showing purple flowers

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Invasive

Photo of rose verbena, or rose vervain, flower cluster showing leaves

Rose Verbena (Rose Vervain)

Glandularia canadensis (formerly Verbena canadensis)

Photo of royal catchfly flowers

Royal Catchfly

Silene regia

Photo of sand vine, leaves with flower cluster.

Sand Vine (Climbing Milkweed)

Cynanchum laeve

Photo of many blooming ashy sunflower plants, showing gray-green leaves.

Sunflowers

Helianthus spp.

Photo of swamp milkweed, three plants with flower clusters.

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Photo of a tall thoroughwort plant in bloom.

Tall Thoroughwort (Tall Boneset)

Eupatorium altissimum

Photo of cut-leaved teasel showing flowerhead and joined, cuplike leaves.

Teasels

Dipsacus fullonum and D. laciniatus

Invasive

Photo of many tickseed sunflower flowerheads.

Tickseed Sunflower (Bearded Beggarticks)

Bidens aristosa

Photo of white snakeroot leaves and flowers

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima (formerly Eupatorium rugosum)

Poisonous

Photo of wild four-o'clock flower

Wild Four-O’Clock

Mirabilis nyctaginea

Poisonous

Photo of wild petunia flowers

Wild Petunia (Smooth Ruellia)

Ruellia strepens