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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rudbeckia triloba Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Brown-eyed Susan is a short-lived herbaceous perennial, often behaving as a biennial, that grows in an upright, branching form from a basal rosette in its first season. In its second
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Tithonia rotundifolia Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Tithonia rotundifolia is a vigorous, coarse-textured annual in temperate cultivation, behaving as a perennial in its native tropical range where it can reach 4 meters in height. In gardens it
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Ratibida columnifera Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: RatibidaSpecies: Ratibida columnifera Common Names by Region Prairie ConeflowerMexican HatUpright Prairie ConeflowerLonghead ConeflowerThimbleflower Description Growth Habit An upright, herbaceous perennial wildflower. Typically grows 1–3 feet tall, occasionally taller in fertile
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Coreopsis verticillata L. Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: CoreopsisSpecies: Coreopsis verticillata Binomial Name: Coreopsis verticillata L. Common Names by Region Threadleaf CoreopsisThreadleaf TickseedWhorled TickseedFernleaf CoreopsisPot-of-Gold (some cultivars)Zagreb Coreopsis (cultivar name widely used) Description General Form Threadleaf