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Pollinator Packet

The 2019 Monarch - Pollinator seed packet contains the following native Illinois species. Click on the plant name for more information about each species.

black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta

common milkweed Asclepias syriaca

compass-plant Silphium laciniatum

foxglove beardstongue Penstemon digitalis

golden Alexanders Zizia aurea

gray-headed or yellow coneflower Ratibida pinnata

Illinois mimosa Desmanthus illlinoensis

leadplant Amorpha canescens

little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium

spike or marsh blazing-star Liatris spicata

New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 

northern or prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis

obedience plant Physostegia virginiana

ox-eye sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides

partridge pea Chamaechrista fasciculata

prairie blazing-star Liatris pycnostachya

prairie cinquefoil Drymocallis arguta  

purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea 

prairie coreopsis Coreopsis palmata

prairie dock Silphium terebinthinaceum

purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea  

rattlesnake master Eryngium yuccifolium

side-oats grama Bouteloua curtipendula

smooth aster Symphyotrichum laeve

spiderwort Tradescantia sp. 

sweet black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa

white prairie clover Dalea candida

wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa

Classification and taxonomy are based on Mohlenbrock, Robert H. 2014. Vascular flora of Illinois: A field guide. Fourth edition. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale. 536 pp. 

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For more information about native Illinois plants, including where to purchase them and planting guides, view the following publications at our publications page. You can access more information on the Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant page, too.