List of Minnesota wildflowers
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.
A
- Alexanders
- * Golden alexanders
- * Heart-leaved alexanders
- Anemone
- * Canada anemone
- * Cut-leaved anemone
- * Wood anemone
- Aplectrum
- * Adam and Eve
- Asters
- * Aromatic aster
- * Awl aster
- * Bog aster
- * Crooked aster
- * Drummond's aster
- * Eastern panicled aster
- * Flat-topped aster
- * Heath aster
- * Heart-leaved aster
- * Large-leaved aster
- * Lindley's aster
- * Long aster
- * Modest aster
- * New England aster
- * New England aster and Heath aster hybrid
- * Ontario aster
- * Red-stemmed aster
- * Short's aster
- * Sickle-shaped aster
- * Side-flowering aster
- * Silky aster
- * Skyblue aster
- * Smooth aster
- * Veiny lined aster
- * Western panicled aster
- Autumn sneezeweed
B
- Baneberries
- * Red baneberry
- * White baneberry
- Beard-tongues
- * Large-flowered beard tongue
- * Pale beard tongue
- * Slender beard tongue
- * White beard tongue
- Bellworts
- * Large-flowered bellwort
- * Pale bellwort
- Black-eyed Susan
- Blanketflower
- Blazing stars
- * Cylindric blazing star
- * Dotted blazing star
- * Great blazing star
- * Northern plains blazing star
- * Rough blazing star
- Bloodroot
- Bluebead lily
- Blueberries
- * Lowbush blueberry
- * Velvet-leaved blueberry
- Blue-eyed grasses
- * Field blue-eyed grass
- * Mountain blue-eyed grass
- * Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass
- * Pointed-petal blue-eyed grass
- Blue flags
- * Northern blue flag
- * Southern blue flag
- Bunchberry
- Butterflyweed
C
- Canada mayflower
- Cinquefoils
- * Bushy cinquefoil
- * Marsh cinquefoil
- * Pennsylvania cinquefoil
- * Rough cinquefoil
- * Shrubby cinquefoil
- * Slender cinquefoil
- * Spreading cinquefoil
- * Tall cinquefoil
- Wild Columbine
- Coneflowers
- * Gray-headed coneflower
- * Narrow-leaved purple coneflower
- * Prairie coneflower
- * Sweet coneflower
- * Tall coneflower
- * Three-leaved coneflower
- Coralroot
- * Autumn coralroot
- * Early coralroot
- * Spotted coralroot
- * Striped coralroot
- Cottongrasses
- * Chamisso's cottongrass
- * Delicate cottongrass
- * Green-keeled cottongrass
- * Slender cottongrass
- * Tall cottongrass
- * Tawny cottongrass
- * Tussock cottongrass
- Cow parsnip
- Culver's root
D
- Dogbanes
- * Clasping dogbane
- * Hemp dogbane or American hemp,
- * Intermediate dogbane
- * Spreading dogbane
E
- Evening primroses
- * Common evening primrose
- * Cleland's evening primrose
- * Cut-leaved evening primrose
- * Northern evening primrose
- * Nuttall's evening primrose
- * Perennial evening primrose
- * Rhombic evening primrose
- * Toothed evening primrose
F
- False Solomon's Seals
- * Common false Solomon's seal
- * Starry false Solomon's seal
- * Three-leaved false Solomon's seal
- Fireweed
- Flodman's thistle
G
- Gaywings
- Gentians
- * Billington's gentian
- * Bottle gentian
- * Downy gentian
- * Great Lakes gentian
- * Greater fringed gentian
- * Horse gentian
- * Lesser fringed gentian
- * Northern gentian
- * Spurred gentian
- * Stiff gentian
- * Yellowish gentian
- Giant hyssops
- * Blue giant hyssop
- * Purple giant hyssop
- * Yellow giant hyssop
- Goldenrod
- * Canada goldenrod
- * Early goldenrod
- * Giant goldenrod
- * Gray goldenrod
- * Hairy goldenrod
- * Missouri goldenrod
- * Riddell's goldenrod
- * Stiff goldenrod
- * Soft goldenrod
- * Upland white aster
- * Zigzag goldenrod
- Ground plum
- Gumweed
H
- Harebell
- Hepaticas
- * Sharp-lobed hepatica
- * Round-lobed hepatica
- Honeysuckles
- * Bush honeysuckle
- * Fly honeysuckle
- * Grape honeysuckle
- * Hairy honeysuckle
- * Mountain fly honeysuckle
- * Swamp fly honeysuckle
- * Wild honeysuckle
I
J
L
- Lady's slippers
- * Andrew's lady's slipper
- * Showy lady's slipper
- * Small white lady's slipper
- * Stemless lady's slipper, also known as Moccasin flower,
- * Yellow lady's slipper
- Leadplant
M
- Marsh marigolds
- * Floating marsh marigold
- * Common marsh marigold
- Milk vetches
- * Alpine milk vetch
- * Canada milk vetch
- * Cooper's milk vetch
- * Field milk vetch
- * Loose-flowered milkvetch
- * Lotus milk vetch
- * Missouri milk vetch
- * Prairie milk vetch
- * Racemose milk vetch
- * Slender milk vetch
- Milkweeds
- * Clasping milkweed
- * Common milkweed
- * Green milkweed
- * Narrow-leaved milkweed
- * Oval-leaved milkweed
- * Poke milkweed
- * Prairie milkweed
- * Purple milkweed
- * Showy milkweed
- * Sullivant's milkweed
- * Swamp milkweed
- * Whorled milkweed
- * Woolly milkweed
- Miterworts
- * Naked miterwort
- * Two-leaved miterwort
O
- Orchids
- * Hooker's orchid
- * Intermediate bog orchid
- * Large round-leaved orchid
- * Long-bracted orchid
- * Ragged fringed orchid
- * Ram's head orchid
- * Small green wood orchid
- * Small northern bog orchid
- * Small purple fringed orchid
- * Tall northern bog orchid
- * Tall white bog orchid
- * Tubercled rein orchid
- * Western prairie fringed orchid
- Ox-eye or early sunflower
P
- Prairie clover
- * Foxtail prairie clover
- * Purple prairie clover
- * Silky prairie clover
- * White prairie clover
R
S
- Silverleaf scurfpea
- Spiderworts
- * Bracted spiderwort
- * Ohio spiderwort
- * Western spiderwort
- Starflower
- Strawberries
- * Common strawberry
- * Wood strawberry
- Sunflowers
- * Bright sunflower
- * Common sunflower
- * Giant sunflower
- * Hairy sunflower
- * Maximilian's sunflower
- * Nuttall's sunflower '''
- * Prairie sunflower
- * Sawtooth sunflower
- * Stiff sunflower
- * Tickseed sunflower
- * Western sunflower
- * Woodland sunflower
- * For early sunflower, see ox-eye.
T
- Tarragon
- Touch-me-nots
- * Pale touch-me-not
- * Spotted touch-me-not
- Trilliums
- * Drooping trillium
- * Large-flowered trillium
- * Nodding trillium
- * Snow trillium
- Twinflower
- Twistedstalks
- * Clasping leaved twistedstalk
- * Rose twistedstalk
- Twinflower
- Twistedstalks
- * Clasping leaved twistedstalk
- * Rose twistedstalk
V
- Violets
- * Arrow-leaved violet
- * Bearded birdfoot violet
- * Beardless birdfoot violet
- * Big-leaved white violet
- * Common blue violet
- * Dog violet
- * Great-spurred violet
- * Kidney-leaved violet
- * Marsh violet
- * Lance-leaved violet
- * New England violet
- * Northern bog violet
- * Northern white violet
- * Rugulose violet
- * Sand violet
- * Yellow prairie violet
- * Yellow violet
- Violet wood sorrel
- Virginia mountain mint