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This is a list of all the wildflowers native to Minnesota by common name, following Minnesota DNR conventions. Where several species of plants share part of a common name, they have been grouped together under that name; this is for indexing purposes and does not always indicate a taxonomic relationship.
Pulsatilla nuttalliana (as the synonym P. patens) is the provincial flower of Manitoba, Canada [9] and (as the synonym P. hirsutissima) the state flower of the US state of South Dakota. [10] Pulsatilla vulgaris is the County flower for both Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire in England. [11] Pulsatilla vernalis is the county flower of Oppland ...
It is mostly found in meadows; fields; [3] dry, sandy soils; [2] and anthropogenic biomes, which include man-made or disturbed habitats. [4] Due to the habitats V. stricta lives in, it is an extremely drought-resistant and nonaggressive species.
It is illegal to pick or uproot a pink-and-white lady's slipper flower in Minnesota. [ 4 ] [ 18 ] Although this plant was chosen as the provincial flower for Prince Edward Island in 1947, it is so rare on the island that another lady's-slipper, C. acaule (moccasin flower or pink lady's slipper), replaced it as the province's floral emblem in 1965.
Bidens aristosa seeds. Bidens aristosa, known by many common names such as bearded beggarticks, western tickseed, showy tickseed, long-bracted beggarticks, tickseed beggarticks, swamp marigold, and Yankee lice, is an herbaceous, annual plant in the Asteraceae family.
[5] [6] It is a wetland-loving species and grows near marshes, meadows, and another wet habitat. The blue flowers are just under 1 cm (0.4 inches) long. [5] [6] Most of the flowers do not appear at the top of the main stem but are produced along the length of side branches that grow from the leaf axils.
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This category contains the native flora of Minnesota as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).