Summary Notes for Wildflowers with White and Other Color Blooms


Note: Clicking on the common name links will take you to individual data sheets for most wildflowers.

Common Name

  Botanical Name

Conditions

Sun

Time of
Blooms

Plant 
Height 

Angelica Angelica atropurpurea W,M Full-Part May-June 6’-12’
Arrow arum Peltandra virginica W Part-Shade May-July 1'-2'
Beach silver mound Artemsia campestris M,D Full-Part Aug-Oct 1’-3’
Big leaf aster Aster macrophyllus W,M,D Full-Part Aug-Oct <1’
Bishop's cap Mitella diphylla M,D Part-Shade April-June 1'
Bittersweet Celastrus scandens M,D Full-Part May-June 1.5’
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis M,D Part-Shade April-May <1'
Blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides W,M Full-Part Apr-May 1’-3’
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum W,M Full-Part July-Sept 3’-4’
Broad-leafed arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia E Full-Part July-Sept 3'-4'
Butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa M,D Full-Part Jun-Aug 2’-3’
Calico aster Aster lateriflorus M Full-Part-Shade Aug-Oct 1’-3’
Cow parsnip Herackeum maximum W,M Full-Part-Shade June-July 4’-10’
Cream false Indigo Baptisia leucophaea M,D Full-Part May-June 1.5’-2.5’
Cream gentian Gentiana flavida M Full-Part Aug-Sept 1’-2’
Culver's root Veronicastrum virginicum W,M Full-Part June-Aug 3’-6’
Ditch stonecrop Penthoriuim sedoides W,M Full-Part June-Sept 1’-3’
False boneset Kuhnia eupatorioides D Full-Part Aug-Sept 1’-4’
Flat-topped aster Aster umbellatus W,M Full-Part Aug-Oct 1’-5’
Flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata M,D Full-Part June-Aug 2’-3’
Glade Mallow Napaea dioica M Full-Part June-Aug 5’-8’
Grand water plantain Alisma trivale A Full June-Sept 1’-3’
Hairy wood mint Blephilia hirsuta W,M Full-Part June-Sept 1’-3’
Lion's foot Prenanthes alba M,D Part-Shade Aug-Oct 2’-5’
Mountain mint Pycnanthemum virginianum W,M,D Full-Part June-Sept 2’-3’
Mud plantain Alisma subcordatum A Full June-Sept 1’-3’
New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus M,D Full-Part Jun-Aug 2’-3’
Pale Indian plantain Cacalia atriplicifolia M,D Full-Part July-Sept 3’-6’
Prairie alum root Heuchera richardsonii M,D Full-Part May-July 2’-3’
Prairie sage Artemisia ludoviciana M, D Full-Part Aug-Sept 2’-4’
Purple meadow rue Thalictrum dasycarpum W,M Full-Part June-July 5’-7’
Rattlesnake master Eryngium yuccifolium W,M,D Full June-Aug 2’-4’
Round-headed bush-clover Lespedeza capitata W,M,D Full-Part Aug-Sept 2’-4'
Smooth beardtongue Penstemon digitalis M,D Full-Part-Shade June-July 2’-4’
Solomon's plume Smilacina racemosa M,D Full-Part Apr-June 1’-3’
Spotted Joe Pye weed Eupatorium maculatum W,M Perennial Jun-Aug 4’-6’
Starry campion Silene stellata M Full-Part July-Oct 1’-2’
Swamp aster Aster puniceus W Full-Part Aug-Oct 2’-6’
Sweet flag Acorus calamus W Full May-July 1’-3’
Sweet scented Indian plantain Cacalia suaveolens W Full-Part July-Sept 3’-5’
Tall green milkweed Asclepias hirtella D Full June-Aug 1.5’-2.5’
Thimbleweed Anemone cylindrica W,M,D Full-Part June-July 1’-3’
Turk's cap lily Lilium michiganense W Full-Part June-Aug 4’-8’
Turtlehead Chelone glabra W Full July-Sept 1’-3’
Upland white aster Aster ptarmicoides D Full June-Sept .6’-2’
Water horehound Lycopus americanus W Full July-Sept 1’-2’
Water plantain Alisma plantago A Full June-Sept 1’-3’
White baneberry Actaea packypoda M,D Shade May-June 1’-2’
White prairie clover Dalea candida M,D Full-Part June-Sept 1’-3’
White wild indigo Baptisia lactea W,M,D Full-Part June-July 3’-4’
Whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata M,D Full-Part Jul-Sept 1’-3’
Wild quinine Parthenium integrifolium M,D Full June-Sept 2’-4’
Yellow giant hyssop Agastache neptoides M Full-Part July-Oct 4’-7’

 Conditions where these wildflowers are found growing in the wild:
W = wet/heavy soil (clay),  M = medium/loam soil,  D = dry/ light soil (sandy),  E = aquatic/emergent,

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