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Massachusetts Native Plants and Polinator Gardens: Floral Plants

 

Floral Plants Native to New England
American spikenard Aralia racemosa Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolius
Barren strawberry Geum fragarioides  Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bird’s Foot Viola pedata (and other Violets) Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
Butterfly Weed Ascelpias tuberosa Calico Aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Canada anemone Anemone canadensis Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Clustered Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum muticum Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Coral bells Heuchera americana* Culver’s Root Veronicastrum virginicum
Cut-leaf Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata Dwarf honeysuckle/Bush honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera
Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia Goat’s Beard Aruncus dioicus
Golden alexanders Zizia aurea Golden groundsel Packera aurea
Goldenrods Solidago spp. Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Hoary Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum incanum Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum
Lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
New York Ironweed Vernonia novebracensis Northern Blazing Star Liatris scariosa
Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana* (can spread aggresively) Ohio spiderwort Tradescantia ohioensis
Pale-leaved Sunflower Helianthus strumosus Rue Anemone Thalictrum thalictroides
Smooth Aster Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Sneezeweed/Helen's Flower Helenium autumnale Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
Turtlehead Chelone glabra Virginia Rose Rosa virginiana
White Woodland Aster Eurybia divaricata  Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
Wild Indigo Baptisia tinctoria Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus
Wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana