Filter/Display Options
Family/Genus Filter:

Sort by:
Display Common Names
Display images:
Plant
habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
ferns & allies
grass-like
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
arums
composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
orchids
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Inflorescence
flowering season - upper Midwest
spring
summer
fall
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
more than 5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Kay Yatskievych and Paul Rothrock
Species Count: 315
Acoraceae
Altingiaceae
Anacardiaceae
Annonaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Araceae
Araliaceae
Aristolochiaceae
Asparagaceae
Aspleniaceae
Asteraceae
Athyriaceae
Berberidaceae
Betulaceae
Boraginaceae
Brassicaceae
Campanulaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Celastraceae
Colchicaceae
Commelinaceae
Cornaceae
Cupressaceae
Cyperaceae
Cystopteridaceae
Dryopteridaceae
Elaeagnaceae
Equisetaceae
Ericaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Fabaceae
Fagaceae
Geraniaceae
Grossulariaceae
Hamamelidaceae
Hydrangeaceae
Iridaceae
Juglandaceae
Juncaceae
Lamiaceae
Lauraceae
Liliaceae
Limnanthaceae
Lycopodiaceae
Magnoliaceae
Malvaceae
Melanthiaceae
Montiaceae
Moraceae
Onagraceae
Onocleaceae
Ophioglossaceae
Orchidaceae
Orobanchaceae
Osmundaceae
Oxalidaceae
Papaveraceae
Phrymaceae
Pinaceae
Plantaginaceae
Poaceae
Polemoniaceae
Polygalaceae
Polygonaceae
Primulaceae
Pteridaceae
Ranunculaceae
Rosaceae
Rubiaceae
Salicaceae
Sapindaceae
Saxifragaceae
Smilacaceae
Staphyleaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Verbenaceae
Viburnaceae
Violaceae
Vitaceae