Long Island Native Plants
| Flowering Perennials | |||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Comments | |
| Virginia anamone Jack-in-the-Pulpit Canada Wild Ginger Swamp Milkweed Butterfly Milkweed White Wood Aster New England Aster Cutleaf Toothwort Blue Cohosh White Turtlehead Maryland Golden Aster Black Bugbane Yellow Thistle Canada Horsebalm Blue Boneset Wild Comfrey Dutchman’s Breeches Joe-Pye Thoroughwort Hollow Joe-Pye Weed Hyssop-leaf Thoroughw. Common Boneset Sweet Joe-Pye Weed Grassleaf Goldenrod Wild Crane’s Bill Purple-he. Sneezeweed Swamp Sunflower Swamp Rosemallow Blueflag Iris Turk’s Cap Lily Cardinal Flower Great Blue Lobelia Whorled loosestrife False Solomon’s Seal Indian Cucumber Root Virginia Bluebells Squarestem Monkey F. Horsemint Evening Primrose Prickly Pear Cactus Tall White Beardtongue Mayapple Greek Valerian Solomon’s Seal Black-eyed Susan Cutleaf Coneflower Bloodroot Golden Ragwort White Goldenrod Bluestem Goldenrod Sweet Goldenrod Rough-leaf Goldenrod Seaside Goldenrod Virginia Spiderwort Blue Vervain New York Ironweed Common Yucca |
Anemone virginiana Arisaema triphyllum Asarum canadense Asclepias incarnata Asclepias tuberosa Aster divarticus Aster novi-angliae Cardamine concatenata Caulophyllum thalictroides Chelone glabra Chrysopsis mariana Cimifuga racemosa Cirsium horridulum Collinsonia canadensis Eupatorium coelestinum Cynoglossum virginianum Dicentra cucullaria Eupatorium dubium Eupatorium fistulosum Eupatorium hyssopifolium Eupatorium perfoliatum Eupatorium purpureum Euthamia graminifolia Geranium maculatum Helenium flexuosum Helianthus angustifolius Hibiscus moscheutos Iris versicolor Lilium superbum Lobelia cardinalis Lobelia siphilitica Lysimachia quadrifolia Maianthemum racemosum Medeola virginiana Mertensia virginica Mimulus ringens Monarda punctata Oenothera biennis Opuntia humifusa Penstemon digitalis Podophyllum peltatum Polemonium reptans Polygonatum biflorum Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia laciniata Sanguinaria canadensis Senecio aureus Solidago bicolor Solidago caesia Solidago odora Solidago rugosa Solidago sempervirens Tradescantia virginiana Verbena hastata Vernonia noveboracensis Yucca filamentosa |
White flowers in summer; dried seed heads Spathe Mar-May; red berries late sum/fall Evergreen groundcover, heart leaves Pink to white flowers in the spring Brilliant orange flowers attract butterflies white flowers late summer into fall Bright lavender flowers with yellow centers four-petaled white/pink flowers Sml yellow-green flrs(spring) blue berries White to pink 1.5″ flowers summer into fall Bright yellow 1″ daisy-like flower Long slender candle-like white flowers Purple flower attracts bees and butterflies Large oval fragrant leaves; flowers lt sum. blue/purple flowers late summer White flrs(spring-sum) attract butterflies White & yellow flowers like a pair of pants Mauve-pink clusters above green foliage Pinkish-purple clusters, fragrant lvs White flowers Aug-Nov draw butterflies Flat-top small white flowers in fall Lg pink flowers attract butterflies Aug-Sept Yellow flowers Aug-Sept 1″ lavender-purple flowers spring & summer Purplish brown disk, yellow, toothed petals Yellow flowers abound late sum & fall; 4-6″ white or pink flowers, purplish-crimson 3-4″ blue flowers Yellow flower, likes shade bright red 1.5″ flowers in fall pale to dark blue flowers late sum Star-like 5-petaled yellow flrsreddish ctr White blooms May-Jun; red berries Showy fall color; tastes like cucumber Pink flowers buds, sky blue flrs Mar-Apr 1″ violet flowers in summer & fall Fragrant pink flowers summer/fall Lemon scented flrs open at dusk, close PM Beautiful yellow flowers; edible; cactus Long blooming pure white flowers Jun-Jul 1″ solitary white bloom clusters of light blue flowers in Apr .5″ bell-shaped white flowers 2-4″ bright yellow petals sum/fall Yellow rays; attracts butterflies 2″ white flowers with yellow centers; Semi-evergreen; yellow flowers in spring Silvery white flowers Jul-Oct Stems with clusters of tiny yellow florets leaves smell like anise; good for tea Tiny yellow flowers Aug-Oct .3″ bright yellow flowers late sum/early fall 3-petaled violet-blue flowers Small blue flowers crowd onto spikes Purple flowers attract butterflies Waxy cream bells on 5′ stalks; stiff green blades |
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