Wildflowers of the United States

USWildflowers Family List for South Dakota Click on the Family name for thumbnails of member species. Click on the species name for plant detail page w/photos
Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family	Sambucus nigra ssp canadensis Common Elderberry, American Elderberry, American Black Elderberry Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry, Red Elder, Rocky Mountain Elder, Scarlet Elderberry
Alismataceae - Water-plantain family	Sagittaria latifolia Common Arrowhead, Arrowleaf, Burhead, Wapato, Duck-potato, Broadleaf Arrowhead
Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family	Allium canadense Wild Garlic, Meadow Garlic Allium cernuum Nodding Wild Onion, Nodding Onion, Allegheny Onion Allium stellatum Glade Onion, Prairie Onion, Cliff Onion, Autumn Onion, Lady's Leek, Wild Onion
Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family	Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Squawbush, Skunkbush, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac, Scarlet Sumac Toxicodendron radicans Eastern Poison Ivy Toxicodendron rydbergii Western Poison Ivy, Northern Poison Ivy
Apiaceae - Carrot family	Daucus carota Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot Heracleum maximum American Cow Parsnip, Masterwort, American Hogweed, Common Cowparsnip Osmorhiza longistylis Longstyle Sweetroot, Sweet Anise, Aniseroot
Apocynaceae - Dogbane family	Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed, Western Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed, Eastern Swamp Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed, Silkweed Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root, Orange Milkweed Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed
Araceae - Arum family	Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Indian Turnip, Jack in the Pulpit,
Aristolochiaceae - Birthwort family	Asarum canadense Common Wild Ginger, Canadian Wild Ginger
Asteraceae - Aster family	Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow, Milfoil Ambrosia artemisiifolia Common Ragweed, Annual Ragweed, Small Ragweed, Roman Wormwood Ambrosia trifida Great Ragweed, Buffalo Weed, Horseweed, Giant Ragweed, Tall Ambrosia Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting Anthemis cotula Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile, Dog Fennel Balsamorhiza sagittata Arrowleaf Balsamroot Carduus nutans Bristle Thistle, Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle, Nodding Plumeless Thistle Centaurea cyanus Bachelor's Button, Bluebottle, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower Chaenactis douglasii Dusty Maidens, Douglas' Dustymaiden, Chaenactis, Douglas False Yarrow Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Oxeye Daisy Cichorium intybus Chicory Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle Erigeron annuus Eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron strigosus Prairie Fleabane, Lesser Daisy Fleabane Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset, Common Boneset, Feverwort, Indian Sage, Wild Isaac Eutrochium maculatum Spotted Joe Pye Weed, Purple Boneset, Spotted Trumpetweed Gaillardia pulchella Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel Grindelia squarrosa Curlycup Gumweed, Curlytop Gumweed Helenium autumnale Autumn Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, False Sunflower, Staggerwort, Yellow Star Helianthus annuus Common Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower, Mirasol Helianthus tuberosus Jerusalem Artichoke, Jerusalem Sunflower, Sunchoke, Girasole Hieracium aurantiacum Orange Hawkweed, Devil's Paintbrush Lactuca canadensis Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce Lactuca floridana Woodland Lettuce, Florida Blue Lettuce, False Lettuce Lactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce, China Lettuce Matricaria discoidea Pineapple Weed, Wild Chamomile, Rayless Chamomile, Disc Mayweed Packera glabella Butterweed, Yellowtop, Cressleaf Groundsel, Floodplain Ragwort Ratibida columnifera Mexican Hat, Long-Headed Coneflower, Red Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Thimbleflower Ratibida pinnata Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Grayhead Coneflower Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia laciniata Green-headed Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower, Golden Glow Solidago altissima Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster, Michaelmas-daisy Tanacetum vulgare Common Tansy, Golden Buttons, Bitter Buttons, Cow Bitter, Garden Tansy Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Tragopogon dubius Yellow Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard, Western Salsify, Wild Oysterplant
Balsaminaceae - Touch-me-not family	Impatiens capensis Jewelweed, Touch-me-not, Spotted jewelweed Impatiens pallida Pale Touch-me-not, Pale Snapweed
Berberidaceae - Barberry family	Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh Mahonia repens Creeping Oregon Grape, Creeping Barberry
Bignoniaceae - Bignonia family	Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper, Cow Itch, Hell Vine, Devil's Shoestring
Boraginaceae - Borage family	Cynoglossum officinale Houndstongue, Hound's Tongue, Gypsyflower Cynoglossum virginianum Wild Comfrey, Wild Hound's-tongue, Blue Houndstongue Echium vulgare Viper's Bugloss, Blueweed, Blue Devil, Blue Borage, Common Echium Lithospermum canescens Hoary Puccoon, Orange Puccoon, Indian Paint
Brassicaceae - Mustard family	Boechera laevigata Smooth Rockcress, Common Smooth Rock Cress Cardamine concatenata Cutleaf Toothwort Hesperis matronalis Dame's Rocket, Damask Violet, Night-scented Gilliflower, Queen's Gilliflower, Mother-of-the-evening, Summer Lilac Stanleya pinnata Desert Prince's Plume, Golden Prince's Plume, Golden Desert Plume, Sentinel Of The Plains
Cactaceae - Cactus family	Opuntia humifusa Eastern Prickly Pear, Low Prickly Pear Cactus, Devil's Tongue, Indian Fig, Common Eastern Prickly Pear
Campanulaceae - Bellflower family	Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell, Harebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Blue Rain Flower, Heathbells, Witches Thimbles Campanulastrum americanum Tall Bellflower, American Bellflower Lobelia kalmii Ontario Lobelia, Brook Lobelia, Bog Lobelia, Kalm's Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia, Blue Cardinal Flower Lobelia spicata Palespike Lobelia, Pale Spiked Lobelia Triodanis perfoliata Venus' Looking Glass, Clasping Bellwort, Clasping Venus' Looking Glass, Roundleaved Triodanis
Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family	Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry, Upright Snowberry
Caryophyllaceae - Pink family	Dianthus armeria Deptford Pink, Mountain Pink Saponaria officinalis Bouncing Bet, Common Soapwort, Crow Soap, Wild Sweet William, Soapweed Silene latifolia White Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis Silene stellata Starry Campion, Widow's Frill Stellaria media Common Chickweed Vaccaria hispanica Cowcockle, Cow Soapwort, Cowherb
Celastraceae - Bittersweet family	Euonymus atropurpureus Burningbush, Eastern Wahoo, Spindle Tree, Indian Arrow-Wood
Cleomaceae - Spiderflower Family	Peritoma serrulata Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Stinking Clover, Skunk Weed, Navajo Spinach
Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family	Commelina communis Asiatic Dayflower, Mouse Ears, Dew Herb
Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family	Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed, Hedge False Bindweed Ipomoea hederacea Ivyleaf Morning Glory, Entireleaf Morningglory, Small Morning Glory
Cornaceae - Dogwood family	Cornus canadensis Bunchberry, Bunchberry Dogwood, Dwarf Dogwood, Canadian Bunchberry, Dwarf Cornel, Creeping Dogwood Cornus sericea Red-osier Dogwood, Western Dogwood, American Dogwood
Cuscutaceae - Dodder family	Cuscuta gronovii Dodder Vine, Scaldweed
Cyperaceae - Sedge family	Cyperus strigosus False Nutsedge, Strawcolored Flatsedge, Strawcolor Nutgrass
Equisetaceae - Horsetail family	Equisetum laevigatum Smooth Horsetail, Smooth Scouring Rush
Ericaceae - Heath family	Pyrola americana American Wintergreen, Round-leaved Pyrola, Rounded Shinleaf
Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family	Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge, Blooming Spurge, Emetic Root Euphorbia cyathophora Wild Poinsettia, Mexican Fireplant, Fire on the Mountain, Painted Euphorbia, Desert Poinsettia Euphorbia marginata Snow-on-the-Mountain, Mountain Snow Spurge
Fabaceae - Pea family	Amorpha fruticosa Indigobush, False Indigo Bush, Desert False Indigo, Tall Indigo-bush Amphicarpaea bracteata American Hogpeanut Apios americana Groundnut, Potato Bean, Indian Potato, Virginia Potato, Wild Bean, Wild Sweet Potato Astragalus canadensis Canada Milkvetch, Little Rattlepod Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant Coronilla varia Crown Vetch, Purple Crown Vetch, Axseed, Hive Vine Desmanthus illinoensis Prairie Mimosa, Illinois Bundleflower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus Lathyrus latifolius Perennial Pea, Sweet Pea, Everlasting Pea Lotus corniculatus Bird's Foot Trefoil, Birdfoot Deervetch, Bloomfell, Cat's Clover, Crowtoes, Ground Honeysuckle Lupinus argenteus Silvery Lupine, Silver Stem Lupine Medicago lupulina Black Medic, Black Hay, Hop Clover, Hop Medic, Yellow Trefoil Melilotus albus White Sweetclover, White Melilot, Honey-Clover, Bokhara Clover Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweetclover, Yellow Melilot, Common Melilot, Field Melilot, Cornilla Real, White Sweetclover Trifolium incarnatum Crimson Clover, Italian Clover Trifolium pratense Red Clover, Cowgrass Trifolium repens White Clover
Fumariaceae - Fumitory family	Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches
Geraniaceae - Geranium family	Erodium cicutarium Crane's Bill Geranium, Redstem Stork's Bill, Storksbill, Redstem Filaree, Heron's Bill Geranium carolinianum Carolina Geranium, Carolina Cranesbill Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium, Spotted geranium, Cranesbill Geranium viscosissimum Sticky Purple Geranium, Sticky Wild Geranium
Hydrophyllaceae - Waterleaf family	Phacelia hastata Silverleaf Phacelia, Timberline Phacelia, Mountain Phacelia Phacelia linearis Threadleaf Phacelia, Narrow Leaved Phacelia, Carson's Phacelia, Threadleaf Scorpionweed
Hypoxidaceae - African Potato family	Hypoxis hirsuta Yellow Star Grass, Common Goldstar
Lamiaceae - Mint family	Glechoma hederacea Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Haymaids, Creeping Charlie Isanthus brachiatus False Pennyroyal, Fluxweed, Glade Bluecurls Lamium amplexicaule Henbit, Henbit Deadnettle Lycopus uniflorus Northern Bugleweed, Northern Water Horehound Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot Physostegia virginiana Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Obedience Prunella vulgaris Heal-All, Common Selfheal Teucrium canadense American Germander, Wood Sage, Canada Germander
Liliaceae - Lily family	Hemerocallis fulva Common Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Orange Daylily Lilium philadelphicum Wood Lily, Mountain Lily Maianthemum racemosum False Solomon's Seal, Feathery False Lily of the Valley, Solomon's Plume Maianthemum stellatum Starry False Solomon's Seal, Starry False Lily of the Valley, Starflower False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon's Plume Polygonatum biflorum Smooth Solomon's Seal Trillium flexipes White Trillium, Nodding Wakerobin, Bent White Trillium, Bent Trillium, Drooping Trillium, Declined Trillium Uvularia grandiflora Large-flowered Bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia Sessileleaf Bellwort, Wild Oats
Linaceae - Flax family	Linum lewisii Wild Blue Flax, Lewis Flax, Prairie Flax
Lythraceae - Loosestrife family	Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife, Rosy Strife, Kill Weed
Nymphaeaceae - Water-lily family	Nuphar lutea Yellow Pond Lily, Cowlily, Spatterdock Nymphaea odorata American White Water Lily, Fragrant Water Lily, White Water Lily
Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family	Chamerion angustifolium Fireweed, Narrow-leaf fireweed, Willow Herb, Rosebay Willow Herb, Blooming Sally Clarkia pulchella Pinkfairies, Ragged Robin, Deerhorn Clarkia, Beautiful Clarkia Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose, Evening Star, Sun Drop
Orchidaceae - Orchid family	Calypso bulbosa Calypso Orchid, Fairy Slipper, Venus Slipper, Angel Slipper, Deer's Head Orchid Cypripedium parviflorum Yellow Ladyslipper, Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper, Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper, Small Flowered Yellow Lady's Slipper
Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family	Agalinis tenuifolia Slender Gerardia, Slenderleaf False Foxglove Orobanche uniflora One-flowered Broomrape ; One-flowered Cancer Root, Ghostpipe, Naked Broomrape Pedicularis canadensis Wood Betony; Canadian Lousewort
Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family	Oxalis dillenii Slender Yellow Woodsorrel, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Dillen's Oxalis Oxalis violacea Violet Wood Sorrel
Papaveraceae - Poppy family	Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot, Red Indian Paint, Red Puccoon
Phrymaceae - Lopseed Family	Mimulus guttatus Yellow Monkeyflower, Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower Phryma leptostachya Lopseed, American Lopseed
Plantaginaceae - Plantain family	Collinsia parviflora Blue-eyed Mary, Maiden Blue Eyed Mary, Smallflower Blue Eyed Mary Linaria dalmatica Dalmation Toadflax, Broadleaf Toadflax Linaria vulgaris Butter-and-eggs, Common Toadflax, Yellow Toadflax, Wild Snapdragon Nuttallanthus canadensis Blue Toadflax, Canada Toadflax, Oldfield Toadflax Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Mississippi Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus slope Beardtongue Plantago lanceolata Narrowleaf Plantain, English Plantain, Buckhorn, Lanceleaf Plantain, Ribwort, Buckhorn, Ribgrass Plantago virginica Virginia Plantain, Dwarf Plantain, Southern Plantain, Hoary Plantain, Paleseed Indianwheat
Polemoniaceae - Phlox family	Collomia linearis Narrowleaf Collomia, Tiny Trumpet, Narrow-leaf Mountain Trumpet Phlox diffusa Spreading Phlox Phlox divaricata Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox, Sweet William, Louisiana Phlox Phlox pilosa Downy Phlox
Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family	Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed, Crimson Beauty, Mexican bamboo, Japanese Fleece Flower, Reynoutria Persicaria amphibia Water Knotweed, Swamp Smartweed, Water Smartweed Persicaria punctata Dotted Smartweed, Dotted Knotweed, Water Smartweed
Portulacaceae - Purslane family	Claytonia perfoliata Miner's Lettuce, Indian Lettuce, Winter Purslane
Pteridaceae - Maidenhair Fern family	Adiantum pedatum Northern Maidenhair, Five-Fingered Maidenhair Fern
Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family	Anemone quinquefolia Wood Anemone, Nightcaps, Twoleaf Anemone Anemone virginiana Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone Aquilegia canadensis Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Columbine Clematis hirsutissima Vase-flower, Sugarbowl, Leather-flower, Hairy Clematis Clematis ligusticifolia Western Clematis, Western White Clematis, Western Virgin's Bower, Creek Clematis, Old Man's Beard, Pepper Vine Clematis virginiana Virgin's Bower, Devil's Darning Needles, Old Man's Beard Delphinium carolinianum Carolina Larkspur, Blue Larkspur, Glade Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur, Pine Woods Larkspur Ranunculus abortivus Littleleaf Buttercup, Littleleaf Crowfoot Ranunculus glaberrimus Sagebrush Buttercup, Shiny-leaved Buttercup, Early Buttercup, Elliptical Buttercup Thalictrum revolutum Skunk Meadow Rue, Waxyleaf Meadowrue, Purple Meadow-rue
Rosaceae - Rose family	Agrimonia gryposepala Tall Hairy Agrimony, Common Agrimony, Hooked Agrimony, Tall Hairy Grooveburr Agrimonia parviflora Southern Agrimony, Harvest Lice, Swamp Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony Dasiphora fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil, Shrubby Five-finger, Golden Hardhack Fragaria virginiana Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry Geum canadense White Avens, Canada Avens Potentilla recta Sulfur Cinquefoil, Roughfruit Cinquefoil Prunus americana American Plum, Wild Plum Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Western Chokecherry, Black Chokecherry Rosa woodsii Woods Rose, Common Wild Rose, Mountain Rose Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry, Western Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Mountain Sorrel, White Flowering Raspberry, Western Thimble Raspberry Spiraea alba White Meadowsweet, Narrowleaf Meadowsweet, Eastern Meadowsweet, Broadleaf Meadowsweet
Rubiaceae - Madder family	Houstonia pusilla Tiny Bluet, Small Bluet, Least Bluet
Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family	Lithophragma parviflorum Smallflower Woodland-star
Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family	Verbascum blattaria Moth Mullein Verbascum thapsus Common Mullein, Great Mullein, Cowboy Toilet Paper, Flannel-plant Veronica anagallis-aquatica Water Speedwell, Sessile Water-speedwell, Brook-pimpernell, Blue Water Speedwell Veronica persica Bird's Eye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell, Birdeye Speedwell, Winter Speedwell
Solanaceae - Potato family	Datura stramonium Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed, Mad Apple, Moon Flower, Stinkwort, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet Physalis virginiana Virginia Groundcherry, Ground Cherry, Lanceleaf Groundcherry, Hog Plum, Husk Tomato Solanum carolinense Carolina Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle, Devil's Tomato Solanum dulcamara Climbing Nightshade, Bittersweet Nightshade, Woody Nightshade, European Bittersweet, Fellenwort, Blue Nightshade
Verbenaceae - Verbena family	Phyla lanceolata Fogfruit, Lanceleaf Fogfruit, Northern Fogfruit Verbena urticifolia White Vervain, Nettle-leaf Verbena
Violaceae - Violet family	Viola bicolor Field Pansy, Wild Pansy, Johnny Jump-up Viola canadensis Canada Violet Viola sororia Common Blue Violet, Confederate Violet, Dooryard Violet, Meadow Violet

Number of Families represented 57

Blooming now in Tennessee: American Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana

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Wildflowers of the United States

USWildflowers Family List for South Dakota

Blooming now in Tennessee: American Witchhazel - Hamamelis virginiana

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