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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.
Filipendula ulmaria, commonly known as meadowsweet [1] or mead wort, [2] is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows. It is native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia (Near East and Middle East). It has been introduced and naturalised in North America.
Cetonia aurata, called the rose chafer or the green rose chafer, is a beetle, 20 millimetres (3 ⁄ 4 in) long, that has a metallic structurally coloured green and a distinct V-shaped scutellum.
The adults fly on hot, sunny days from June to August, [Note 1] and are attracted to a wide variety of flowers such as knapweed and scabious, as well as the larval food plants bird's foot trefoil, Coronilla and clover. [3] The species overwinters as a larva. The larva pupates in early summer in a papery cocoon attached to a grass stem. [4]
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.
Campanula rapunculoides, known by the common names creeping bellflower, rampion bellflower, rover bellflower, garden bluebell, creeping bluebell, purple bell, garden harebell, and creeping campanula, [2] is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Campanula, belonging to the family Campanulaceae.
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).
Cusick's camas (Camassia cusickii) Common camas (Camassia quamash ssp. quamash) Camassia is a genus of plants in the asparagus family native to North America. Common names include camas, quamash, Indian hyacinth, camash, and wild hyacinth. [citation needed] It grows in the wild in great numbers in moist meadows.