Native Plants Sedum to Zizia

Reference Page – This page is intended to serve as a reference page, an opportunity to learn a bit about some of the more common plants native to the state of Ohio. They are alphabetized by scientific names starting with Sedum ternatum - Wild Stonecrop through Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders . We don’t necessarily raise all of these species each season. See our Inventory Page for availability.
Sedum ternatum - Wildstonecrop, small succulent plant with penny sized white flowers.
Wild stonecrop
Senna hebecarpa , Wild Senna, looks like a little tree, leaves are smooth, branches are on alternate side of stem, tiny yellow flowers in middle of picture.
Wild Senna
Silene regia, Royal Catchfly, one bright red flower with five petals the edges are smooth.
Royal Catchfly
Silene stellata, Starry Campion close up of the small white flower petals are frilly.
Starry Campion
Silene Viriginica , Fire Pink, one small red flower with five petals edges look like they have been decorated by tiny pinking shears.
Fire Pink
Silphium laciniatum - Compass Plant, close of picture of one flower that has 40 or so slender yellow petals.
Compass Plant
Silphium perfoliatum, Cup Plant, one large yellow flower with numerous petals, two unopened buds are in the right corner of picture.
Cup Plant
Sisyrinchium albidum - Common Blue-eyed Grass, small delicate flower that is a cloudys sky blue on a pencil thin stem, the center is yellow.
Common Blue-eyed Grass
Ohio Goldenrod - Yellow flowers just starting to open. Reuven Martin - inaturalist.org - public domain.
Ohio Goldenrod
Symphyotrichum laeve, Smooth Blue Aster. Photographer Roger Dahlin used a black background to accent six light-toned purple flowers, the cent is a soft yellow.
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum -novae-angliae - New England Aster, four purple, handsome flowers with numerous petals and a yellow center.
New England Aster
Young Short's Aster seedling are heart shaped with red veins.
Short's Aster
White delicate flowers of the woodland native plants Foamflower
Foamflower
Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio Spiderwort, small blue flowers on grass like stems.
Ohio Spiderwort
Uvularia grandflora - Giant Bellflower, small little, green, woodland flower with yellow droopy flowers.
Giant Bellflower
Verbena simplex - Thin leaved Verbena has purple flowers growing on spiked flexible stem that is 1 1/2 feet.
Thin Leaved Vervain
Verbena stricta - Hoary Verain - purple flowers with five petals growing on a spiky stem.
Hoary Verain
Vernonia noveboracensis - New York Ironweed, clusters of bright purple flowers with green vegetation in the background.
New York Ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's Root, white spiky flowers. A huge bee is upside down with his back to the camera.
Culver's Root
Viola pedatifida - Prairie Violets four small pale purple violets in a black pot, the leaves have scalped edges and look like bony fingers.
Prairie Violets
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexander Yellow flower that look a bit like a Dill flower, a small native bee is sitting on the flower. Photo by Jim Wohl.
Golden Alexanders