Mae's Flower Guide
Mae's Name Common Name Scientific Name Picture Link (If Available)
1. Yellow Hula Dancer Upright Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera  
2. Gumdrops Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea  
3. Belly Button Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Photo Here
4. Torch Flower Blazing Star Liatris punctata  
5. Feather Bouquet Leadplant Amorpha canescens Photo Here
6. Purple Hula Dancer Purple Coneflower Echinacea angustifolia Photo Here
7. Lavender Clovers Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis  
8. Yellow Star Flowers Narrow-leafed Puccoon Lithospermum incisum  
9. Pink Fireworks Prairie Onion Allium stellatum  
10. Fairy Teacups Prairie Buttercups Ranunculus rhomboideus  
11. Fairy Wands Prairie Goldenrod Solidago missouriensis  
12. Flower People Plains Sunflower Helianthus petiolaris  
13. Indian Paintbrush Prairie Wild Rose Rosa arkansana  
14.Mystery Flower Downy Gentian Gentiana puberulent  

Other Things Mae Saw

Mae's Name Common Name Scientific Name Picture Link (If Available)
1. Tickle Grass Switch Grass Panicum virgatum  
2. Big Bluestem Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii  
3. Little Bluestem Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius  
4. Indiangrass Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans  
5. Large Orange & Black Butterfly Monarch Danaus plexippus  
7. Orb Spinner Garden Spider Argiope aurantia  
6. Black Thread on Butterfly's Head Butterfly's Tongue proboscis  

 

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