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Balloon Flower Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: CampanulaceaeGenus: PlatycodonSpecies: Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.DC. Monotypic genus — one species, no relatives within Platycodon. Its nearest kin are the bellflowers, Campanula. Common Names by Region General / English: Balloon
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Tagetes patula Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: TagetesSpecies: Tagetes patula L.Note: Some authorities sink T. patula into T. erecta as a synonym. The two cross freely, and the sterile crosses between them are sold as triploid
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Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: SymphyotrichumSpecies: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (formerly Aster oblongifolius) Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes The blue fall asters are a genuinely hard group. Leaf attachment
Posted by: Posted On:30 Jul 2026
Helianthus annuus Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: HelianthusSpecies: Helianthus annuus Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat Light Soil Water Typical Habitat Propagation / Reproduction Pests
Posted by: Posted On:26 Jul 2026
Lobelia siphilitica Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: CampanulaceaeGenus: LobeliaSpecies: Lobelia siphilitica Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat Light Soil Water Typical Habitat Propagation / Reproduction Pests
Posted by: Posted On:24 Jul 2026
Calendula officinalis Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: CalendulaSpecies: Calendula officinalis Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat Light Soil Water Cool-season note Typical Habitat (when cultivated)
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Helianthus divaricatus Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: HelianthusSpecies: Helianthus divaricatus Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat Light Soil Water Typical Habitat Propagation / Reproduction Pests
Posted by: Posted On:18 Jul 2026
Chrysanthemum morifolium Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: ChrysanthemumSpecies: Chrysanthemum morifolium Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat Light Soil Water Overwintering (the key issue here) Pinching
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Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit A tall, erect perennial forming a single unbranched flowering stalk (occasionally a few) rising from a basal cluster and an underground corm. Stems reach 2–5 feet, giving
Posted by: Posted On:2 Jul 2026
Papilio troilus Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: InsectaOrder: LepidopteraSuperfamily: PapilionoideaFamily: PapilionidaeSubfamily: PapilioninaeGenus: PapilioSpecies: Papilio troilus Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Flight Season Look-alikes Known Range Habitat & Host Plants Habitat Larval Host Plants Adult Nectar Life Cycle