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Silphium trifoliatum (whorled rosinweed)

Silphium trifoliatum (whorled rosinweed)

Astragalus and Silphium plants in the Prairie Moon garden.
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Senna herbecarpa (northern senna)

Senna herbecarpa (northern senna)

Also known as Cassia herbecarpa, and often confused with Senna marilandica (southern senna), this plant is rarely found in mesic to wet savanna.

Melanthium virginicum (bunch-flower)

Melanthium virginicum (bunch-flower)

Also known as Veratrum virginicum, this is a rarely seen meadow plant.

Lysimachia quadriflora (prairie loosestrife)

Lysimachia quadriflora (prairie loosestrife)

This plant is rarely found on dry-mesic savanna.

Liatris pyncostachya (gayfeather)

Liatris pyncostachya (gayfeather)

Also seen here are Silene regia (royal catchfly) and

Garden Tour

Garden Tour

People looking at the plants in the Prairie Moon rare plants garden.

Prairie Moon Garden View

Prairie Moon Garden View

Looks like a storm is brewing.

Echinacea tennesseensis (Tennessee coneflower)

Echinacea tennesseensis (Tennessee coneflower)

This plant is closely related to Echincea pallida (pale purple coneflower) and might best to called E. pallida var. angustifolia (DC.) Cronq. It is native to the cedar glades of central Tennessee.

Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)

Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)

This white-flowered form of the species can rarely be found growing within otherwise normal populations. It is not, technically speaking, a cultivar.