List of Michigan flowers
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This is a list of plants that are native to the U.S. state of Michigan
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Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
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- Anchusa officinalisAnchusa officinalisAnchusa officinalis or Common Bugloss or Alkanet is a plant species of the genus Anchusa....
, Common Bugloss - Asarum canadenseAsarum canadenseAsarum canadense, commonly known as Canada wild ginger, Canadian snakeroot and broad-leaved asarabaccais, is a herbaceous perennial native to deciduous forest in eastern North America, from the Great Plains east to the Atlantic Coast, and from southeastern Canada south to approximately the fall...
, Wild Ginger - Aristolochia serpentariaAristolochia serpentariaAristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae family. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida.-Protection:Virginia snakeroot is...
, Virginia Snakeroot - Aristolochia macrophylla, Dutchman's Pipe
- Acalypha rhomboideaAcalypha rhomboideaAcalypha rhomboidea Acalypha rhomboidea Acalypha rhomboidea ( Common three-seeded mercury, Rhombic three-seeded-mercury, Rhomboid mercury, Copperleaf, Rhombic copper-leaf, Three-seeded-mercury, Ricinelle rhomboide, Diamond threeseed mercury; syn. Acalypha urticifolia Raf., Acalypha virginica L....
, Rhombic Copperleaf - Acalypha virginica, Virginia Copperleaf
- Atriplex patulaAtriplex patulaAtriplex patula L. is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual herbaceous plants in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions....
, Halberd-leaved Orache - Atriplex prostrata, Triangle Orache
- Amaranthus arenicolaAmaranthus arenicolaAmaranthus arenicola, commonly called sand amaranth or sandhill amaranth, is a plant species found in many states of the contiguous United States. It is an annual species found in sandy areas, near riverbeds, lakes, and fields...
, Sandhill Amaranth - Amaranthus retroflexusAmaranthus retroflexusAmaranthus retroflexus is a species of flowering plant in the Amaranthaceae family with several common names, including Red-root Amaranth, Redroot Pigweed, Red Rooted Pigweed, Common Amaranth, and common tumble weed....
, Rough Pigweed - Artemisia campestrisArtemisia campestrisArtemisia campestris L. is a species of herbaceous biennial or perennial plants in the genus Artemisia that grows in open sites on dry sandy soils throughout the Boreal Kingdom.-External links:** in Flora of North America...
, Field Sagewort - Artemisia vulgarissArtemisia vulgarisArtemisia vulgaris is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood, Old uncle Henry, Sailor's Tobacco, Naughty Man, Old Man or St...
, Mugwort - Asclepias viridiflora, Green Milkweed
- Ambrosia artemisiifoliaAmbrosia artemisiifoliaAmbrosia artemisiifolia, Common Ragweed, is the most widespread plant of the genus Ambrosia in North America. It has also been called Annual Ragweed, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Roman Wormwood, Stammerwort, Stickweed, Tassel Weed, and American Wormwood...
, Common Ragweed - Ambrosia trifidaAmbrosia trifidaCommon names: Buffalo Weed, Great Ragweed, Giant Ragweed, Bitterweed, Bloodweed, Horse Cane, Tall AmbrosiaAmbrosia trifida is an annual plant in the aster family, native throughout much of North America. Its flowers are green and are pollinated by wind rather than by insects, and the pollen is one...
, Giant Ragweed - Arisaema triphyllumArisaema triphyllumArisaema triphyllum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a corm. It is a highly variable species typically growing from 30 to 65 cm in height with three parted leaves and flowers contained in a spadix that is covered by a hood...
, Jack-in-the-pulpit - Arisaema dracontiumArisaema dracontiumArisaema dracontium is a herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Arisaema and the family Araceae. It is native to North America from Quebec to Minnesota South to Florida and Texas, where it is found growing in damp woods. Plants grow 20–50 cm tall when in bloom and after flowering reach...
, Green Dragon - Aplectrum hyemaleAplectrum hyemaleAplectrum hyemale is a species of orchids and the sole species of the genus Aplectrum. The generic name comes from Greek and signifies "spurless"...
, Putty-root - Acorus americanusSweet FlagAcorus calamus, commonly known as Sweet Flag or Calamus and erroneously as "rush" or "sedges", is a plant from the Acoraceae family, in the genus Acorus. It is a tall perennial wetland monocot with scented leaves and more strongly scented rhizomes...
, Sweet-flag - Alliaria petiolataGarlic MustardGarlic mustard is a biennial flowering plant in the Mustard family, Brassicaceae. It is native to Europe, western and central Asia, and northwestern Africa, from Morocco, Iberia and the British Isles, north to northern Scandinavia, and east to northern India and western China...
, Garlic Mustard - Aquilegia canadensis, Wild Columbine
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- Commelina communisCommelina communisCommelina communis, commonly known as the Asiatic dayflower, is an herbaceous annual plant in the dayflower family. It is native throughout much of East Asia and northern parts of Southeast Asia. In China, the plant is known as yazhicao , roughly translating to "duckfoot herb", while in Japan it...
, Common Dayflower - Commelina erectaCommelina erectaCommelina erecta, commonly known as the white mouth dayflower or slender dayflower, is a perennial herb native throughout the Americas, Africa and western Asia. It is considered to be the most variable species of Commelina in North America. Fernald recognized three varieties, but Robert B...
, Erect Dayflower - Cakile edentula, Sea-rocket
- Campanula aparinoides, Marsh Bellflower
- Campanula rotundifolia, Harebell
- Campanula rapunculoidesCampanula rapunculoidesCampanula rapunculoides, common names Creeping Bellflower or Rampion Bellflower, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Campanula, belonging to the family Campanulaceae.-Etymology:...
, Creeping Bellflower - Campanula glomerata, Clustered Bellflower
- Campanula tracheliumCampanula tracheliumCampanula trachelium or Nettle-leaved Bellflower is a species of bellflower found in North America and Germany.Campanula trachelium is a Eurasian blue wildflower native to Denmark and England and now naturalized in southeast Ireland...
, Nettle-leaved Bellflower - Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower
- Cynoglossum virginianum, Blue Hound's-tongue
- Cynanchum louiseaeCynanchum louiseaeCynanchum louiseae, a species in the milkweed family, is also known as Black swallow-wort, Louise's swallow-wort., or Black dog-strangling vine, Cynanchum louiseae is a species of plant that is native to Europe and is found primarily in Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain...
, Black Swallow-wort - Rumex crispusCurled DockCurled Dock , also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock, sometimes as "narrow-leaved dock" , and ambiguously as "garden patience", is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Western Asia.The mature plant is a reddish brown colour, and...
, Curly Dock - Chenopodium albumChenopodium albumChenopodium album is a fast-growing weedy annual plant in the genus Chenopodium.Though cultivated in some regions, the plant is elsewhere considered a weed...
, Lamb's Quarter - Chenopodium ambrosioidesEpazoteEpazote, wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, Paico or Herba Sancti Mariæ is an herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico....
, Mexian-tea or Epazote - Cycloloma atriplicifoliumCyclolomaCycloloma is a monotypic genus which contains the sole species Cycloloma atriplicifolium, which is known by the common names winged pigweed, tumble ringwing, plains tumbleweed, and tumble-weed...
, Winged Pigweed - Chamaesyce polygonifolia, Seaside Spurge
- Coeloglossum virideFrog OrchidThe Frog Orchid, or Coeloglossum viride, also known as the Long-Bracted Green Orchid and Dactylorhiza viridis is a monotypic genus of the family Orchidaceae generally found within the palearctic ecozone throughout the mid to northern United States through Canada, and in the British Isles and parts...
, Frog Orchid - Caulophyllum thalictroides, Blue Cohosh
- Chaenorhinum minus, Lesser Toadflax
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- Echium vulgare, Viper's Bugloss
- Epifagus virginiana, Beech-drops
- Euphorbia cyparissiasCypress SpurgeEuphorbia cyparissias, the Cypress Spurge, is a plant in the genus Euphorbia, which is native to Europe and was introduced to North America in the 1860s by the colonists as an ornamental plant...
, Cypress Spurge - Euphorbia esula, Leafy Spurge
- Euphorbia commutata, Tinted Spurge
- Elaeagnus umbellataElaeagnus umbellataElaeagnus umbellata, also referred to as Japanese silverberry, umbellate oleaster or autumn-olive, is a species of Elaeagnus native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas east to Japan...
, Japanese Silverberry
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- Floerkea proserpinacoides, False Mermaid
- Fragaria virginianaVirginia StrawberryThe Virginia Strawberry is one of two species of strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern domesticated Garden Strawberry...
, Virginia Strawberry
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- Gentianopsis crinita, Greater Fringed Gentian
- Gentiana puberulenta, Prairie Gentian
- Gentiana andrewsiiGentiana andrewsiiGentiana andrewsii is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the Gentian family Gentianaceae....
, Prairie Closed Gentian - Gentiana saponariaGentiana saponariaGentiana saponaria is a tall flowering plant in the Gentianaceae family. It is native to eastern North America south of the Great Lakes, from Wisconsin to New York, and south to Texas and Florida...
, Soapwort Gentian - Atriplex littoralisGrassleaf oracheAtriplex littoralis, the grassleaf orache, is a species of shrub in the Amaranthaceae family. It is 70-80 cm high and grows along beaches many places in the world. It has narrow leaves and grey-green color. In northern Europe it has flowers from July until September....
, Grass-leaved Orache - Galium circaezans, Forest Bedstraw
- Galium odoratum, Sweet Woodruff
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- Lappula squarrosaLappula squarrosaLappula squarrosa is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by several common names, including European stickseed, bluebur, and bristly sheepbur. It is native to Europe and Asia, where it is common, and it is an introduced species in much of North America and Africa...
, Stickseed - Lechea mucronata, Hairy pinweed
- Liparis liliifolia, Large Twayblade
- Ludwigia palustrisLudwigia palustrisLudwigia palustris is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names marsh seedbox and water purslane. Its native distribution is unclear, but includes parts of the Americas; it can be found on most continents and spreads easily to become naturalized. It is...
, Common Water-purslane - Listera cordata, Heart-leaved Twayblade
- Listera auriculata, Auricled Twayblade
- Linum perenneLinum perenneLinum perenne , is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe, primarily in the Alps, but also locally in England....
, Blue Flax - Lithospermum carolinienseLithospermum carolinienseLithospermum caroliniense is commonly known as the Hairy puccoon or Carolina puccoon. It is found in the United States in the Midwest, around the Great Lakes, and through the Canadian provinces surrounding the Great Lakes. The plant grows in sandhills, pine barrens and dry, sandy woods.Dr. Robert...
, Carolina Puccoon
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- Myosotis sylvaticaMyosotis sylvaticaMyosotis sylvatica is a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Myosotis.Myosotis sylvatica is a compact bushy plant with lance-shaped foliage and tiny delicate blue flowers in May and June. It grows in rich, moist soil in part shade to shade. It is appropriate for woodland gardens, groundcover,...
, Garden Forget-me-not - Myosotis scorpioidesMyosotis scorpioidesMyosotis scorpioides , the Water Forget-me-not or True Forget-me-not, is a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Myosotis. It is native to Europe and Asia and it can be found elsewhere, including much of North America, as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. It grows in bogs and...
, True Forget-me-not - Myosotis laxaMyosotis laxaMyosotis laxa is a species of forget-me-not known by several common names, including tufted forget-me-not, bay forget-me-not, and small-flowered forget-me-not. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere...
, Smaller Forget-me-not - Myosotis arvensisMyosotis arvensisMyosotis arvensis or Field Forget-me-not is a herbaceous annual of the genus Myosotis. The flowers are 2–5 mm large, and clearly pale blue. They stand in small groups dense at each other. The flowering period runs from May to late in the autumn....
, Field Forget-me-not - Myosotis strictaMyosotis strictaMyosotis stricta is a plant species of the genus Myosotis. Commonly known as Blue scorpion grass....
, Strict Forget-me-not - Myosotis discolorMyosotis discolorMyosotis discolor is a species of forget-me-not known by the common name changing forget-me-not. It is native to Europe, and it can also be found throughout eastern and western North America, where it is an introduced species. It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas such as...
, Changing Forget-me-not - Mertensia paniculataMertensia paniculataThe Tall Lungwort, Tall Bluebell, or Northern Bluebell, Mertensia paniculata is an herb or dwarf shrub with a bright blue coloring, shaped like a bell and drooping...
, Northern Bluebell - Malaxis brachypoda, White Adder's-tongue
- Mitella nudaMitella nudaMitella nuda, the naked bishop's cap, is a plant in the genus Mitella.It has a single leaf, serrate but not deeply lobed, rising in single stalks from the ground. The leaf color is light green. Tiny white hairs arise perpendicular to the leaf surface...
, Naked Mitrewort - Myriophyllum heterophyllum, Water-milfoil
- Mertensia virginicaVirginia BluebellThe Virginia Bluebell is a spring ephemeral plant with bell-shaped sky-blue flowers opening from pink buds, native to moist woodland in eastern North America.Leaves are rounded and gray-green, borne on a stem up to 60 cm high...
, Virginia Bluebell - Maianthemum stellatumMaianthemum stellatumMaianthemum stellatum is a species of flowering plant, native across North America generally from Alaska to California in the west and from Newfoundland to the central Appalachian Mountains in the east...
, Starry False Solomon's Seal
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- Pterospora andromedeaPinedropsPterospora, commonly known as pinedrops, Albany beechdrops, or giant bird's nest is a monotypic genus in the subfamily Monotropoidiae of the blueberry family, the Ericaceae, and includes only the species Pterospora andromedea. It grows in coniferous or mixed forests...
, Pine-drops - Parietaria pensylvanicaParietaria pensylvanicaParietaria pensylvanica is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family known by the common name Pennsylvania pellitory. It is native to much of North America including most of southern Canada, the entire United States, and northern Mexico. It grows in many types of habitat, including...
, Pellitory - Polygonatum biflorumPolygonatum biflorumPolygonatum biflorum is a species of the family Polygonatum native to eastern North America.-External links:*...
, Smooth Solomon's Seal - Polygonatum pubescens, Hairy Solomon's Seal
- Platanthera lacera, Ragged Fringed Orchid
- Platanthera clavellata, Green Woodland Orchid
- Platanthera flava, Tubercled Orchid
- Platanthera aquilonis, Tall Northern Bog-orchid
- Platanthera hookeri, Hooker's Orchid
- Peltandra virginicaPeltandra virginicaPeltandra virginica is a plant of the Araceae family known by the common names green arrow arum and tuckahoe. It is native to parts of eastern North America, where it is common in wet areas...
, Arrow-arum - Potamogeton crispus, Curly Pondweed
- Potamogeton natansPotamogeton natansPotamogeton natans L. is an aquatic species in the genus Potamogeton native to quiet or slow-flowing freshwater habitats throughout the Holarctic Kingdom....
, Floating Pondweed - Potamogeton diversifoliusPotamogeton diversifoliusPotamogeton diversifolius is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names waterthread pondweed and diverse-leaved pondweed. It is native to most of the United States, as well as sections of southwestern Canada and northern Mexico, where it grows in water bodies such as ponds, lakes,...
, Common Snailseed Pondweed - Potamogeton epihydrusPotamogeton epihydrusPotamogeton epihydrus is a species of aquatic plant known by the common name ribbonleaf pondweed. It is native to much of North America, where it grows in water bodies such as ponds, lakes, ditches, and slow-moving streams. This is a perennial herb producing a narrow, compressed stem branching to a...
, Ribbon-leaved Pondweed - Potamogeton gramineusPotamogeton gramineusPotamogeton gramineus is a species of aquatic plant known by the common name variableleaf pondweed. It is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere, where it grows in water bodies such as ponds, lakes, bogs, and streams. It may be found elsewhere as an introduced species. This is a perennial herb...
, Variable Pondweed - Proserpinaca palustris, Common Mermaid-weed
- Proserpinaca palustris, Coastal Plain Mermaid-weed
- Potentilla indicaMock StrawberryPotentilla indica , also called mock strawberry, Gurbir, Indian strawberry or false strawberry, has foliage and fruit similar to true strawberry, though it is classified in a different genus, and has yellow flowers, unlike the white or slightly pink flowers of true strawberries...
, Mock Strawberry - Phlox divaricataPhlox divaricataPhlox divaricata is a herbaceous perennial valued for its lavender-blue flowers, native to forests and fields in eastern North America.-Description:...
, Wild Blue Phlox
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- Rumex acetosellaRumex acetosellaRumex acetosella is a species of sorrel, also known as Acetosella vulgaris Fourr, bearing the common names sheep's sorrel, red sorrel, sour weed, and field sorrel. The plant and its subspecies are common perennial weeds. It has green arrowhead-shaped leaves and red-tinted deeply ridged stems, and...
, Sheep's Sorrel - Rumex verticillatus, Water Dock
- Rumex obtusifoliusRumex obtusifoliusRumex obtusifolius, commonly known as Broad-leaved Dock, Bitter Dock, Bluntleaf Dock, Dock Leaf or Butter Dock, is a perennial weed, native to Europe but can now be found in the United States and many other countries around the world....
, Bitter Dock
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- Scrophularia lanceolataScrophularia lanceolataScrophularia lanceolata is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common name lanceleaf figwort. It is native to North America, where it is known from western and eastern Canada and much of the United States except for the southeastern quadrant. It grows in many types of...
, American Figwort - Scrophularia marilandicaScrophularia marilandicaScrophularia marilandica, also called Late Figwort, Maryland Figwort, Carpenter's Square, or Eastern Figwort, is a flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native throughout eastern and central North America, where it is found growing in dry woods from Manitoba and Quebec south to Texas and...
, Eastern Figwort - Symplocarpus foetidusEastern Skunk CabbageEastern Skunk Cabbage, Clumpfoot Cabbage, Foetid Pothos, Meadow Cabbage, Polecat Weed, Skunk Cabbage, or Swamp Cabbage , commonly known as simply Skunk Cabbage, is a low growing, foul smelling plant that prefers wetlands...
, Eastern Skunk Cabbage - Smilax herbaceaSmilax herbaceaSmilax herbacea is a plant in the catbrier family, Smilacaceae.-Description:...
, Carrion-flower - Smilax rotundifoliaCommon GreenbriarCommon Greenbriar , also known as Common Greenbrier, is a common woody vine native to the Eastern United States [1]. The leaves are glossy green, petioled, alternate, and circular to heart-shaped. They are generally 5-13 cm long...
, Common Greenbriar or Catbrier - Scleranthus annussScleranthus annuusScleranthus annuus is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names German knotweed and annual knawel. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and it is known throughout the rest of the temperate world as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many...
, Knawel - Silene latifolia, White Campion
- Stuckenia pectinatus, Sago Pondweed
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- Tradescantia ohiensisTradescantia ohiensisTradescantia ohiensis is a species of Tradescantia native to much of the eastern United States. It is the most common species of Tradescantia in the wild in the United States....
, Smooth Spiderwort - Tradescantia virginianaTradescantia virginianaTradescantia virginiana is a species of Tradescantia native to the eastern United States. Spiderwort is commonly grown in gardens and many garden spiderworts seem to be hybrids of T...
, Virginia Spiderwort - Tradescantia bracteataTradescantia bracteataTradescantia bracteata is a species of Tradescantia. It is grown for its purple flowers. It blooms from May to July....
, Sticky Spiderwort - Triodanis perfoliataTriodanis perfoliataTriodanis perfoliata, the Clasping Venus's Looking Glass, is an annual herb native to North America. It is a flowering plant belonging to the family Campanulaceae.- Description :...
, Venus's Looking-glass - Trillium recurvatumTrillium recurvatumTrillium recurvatum, the Bloody butcher or Prairie trillium, is a member of the Trilliaceae family. It occurs in parts of the central and eastern United States from Iowa south to Texas and east to North Carolina and Pennsylvania, usually mesic deciduous forest, including tallgrass prairie savannah...
, Prairie Trillium - Trillium sessileTrillium sessileTrillium sessile is a perennial spring wildflower native to the central part of the eastern United States and the Ozarks. It is a small trillium . Toadshade can be distinguished from other trilliums by its single foul smelling, stalkless, flower nestled in the middle of its three leaves...
, Toad Trillium - Taraxacum officinaleTaraxacum officinaleTaraxacum officinale, the common dandelion , is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae . It can be found growing in temperate regions of the world, in lawns, on roadsides, on disturbed banks and shores of water ways, and other areas with moist soils. T...
, Common Dandelion
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- Mertensia virginicaVirginia BluebellThe Virginia Bluebell is a spring ephemeral plant with bell-shaped sky-blue flowers opening from pink buds, native to moist woodland in eastern North America.Leaves are rounded and gray-green, borne on a stem up to 60 cm high...
, Virginia Bluebell - Viola conspersa, American Dog Violet
- Viola rostrataViola rostrataViola rostrata, is a stemmed herbaceous perennial plant that is native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names including long-spurred violet.-General description:...
, Long-spurred Violet - Viola aduncaViola aduncaViola adunca is a species of violet known by the common names hookedspur violet, sand violet, and western dog violet. It is native to North America, including the western half of the United States to New England northward throughout Canada.This is a hairy, compact plant growing from a small rhizome...
, Hook-spurred Violet - Viola bicolorViola bicolorViola bicolor, commonly known as the American field pansy or wild pansy, is an annual plant in the violet family found throughout much of North America...
, Wild Pansy - Viola tricolor, Johnny-jump-up
- Vicia cracca, Tufted Vetch