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A Flower Identification Guide
The Easy to Handle Guide for the Holland Sand Prairie’s Flowers Field Horsetail
Blooms: 1 ft.
Height: Early spring
Michael Clayton
UW Stevens Point
Fire-on-the-
mountain
Blooms: Early spring
to fall
Height: 1-3 ft.
Dan Tenaglia
UW Stevens Point
Racemed Milkwort
Blooms: Spring to summer
Height: 8-16 in.
Kenneth J. Sytsma
UW Stevens Point
Bird’s-Foot Violet
Blooms: Mid-spring to
early summer
Height: 4-6 in.
Rachel Seebach
Rough Blazing Star
Blooms: Mid-summer to fall
Height: 2-6 ft.
Rachel Seebach
Hill’s Thistle
Blooms: Summer
Height: 60 cm.
Mark Mittelstadt
UW Stevens Point
Pasture Thistle
Blooms: Mid-summer to fall
Height: 8 ft.
Richard Bauer
UW Stevens Point
Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Blooms: Spring to early
summer
Height: 4-16 in.
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Hedge Nettle
Blooms: Summer
Height: 2-3 ft.
Theodore S. Cochrane
UW Stevens Point
Common Spiderwort
Blooms: Late spring to fall
Height: 3 ft.
Rachel Seebach
Blue/Purple Flowers Orange/Red/Miscellaneous Flowers
Pasqueflower
Blooms: Early to
mid-spring
Height: 4-16 in.
Rachel Seebach
Common Ironweed
Blooms: Mid-summer to fall
Height: 4 ft.
Emmet J. Judziewicz
UW Stevens Point
Merel R. Black
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Hoary Vervain
Blooms: Late spring
early fall
Height: 4 ft.
Kenneth J. Sytsma
UW Stevens Point
Skullcap
Blooms: Summer
Height: 6-12 in.
Prairie Violet
Blooms: Spring to fall
Height: 6 in.
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Blue/Purple Flowers
Beard-Tongue
Blooms: Late spring to
summer
Height:24 in.
Rachel Seebach
Special Thanks to:
Jessica Bolwahn, Armund Bartz, Jim Rogala,
Beth Seebach and the Friends of the Holland
Sand Prairie.
Brochure created for their Silver Award by:
Pam, Rachel, and Corona from Riverland
Council Girl Scout Troop 96. Completed 2007.
Updated June 2010
Armund Bartz
Clustered Poppy Mallow
Blooms: Summer to fall
Height: 1 ft.
Prickly Pear Cactus
Blooms: Late spring to mid-
summer
Height: Less than 1 ft.
Rachel Seebach (Right)
Armund Bartz (Left)
Jessica Bolwahn
Butterfly Milkweed
Blooms: Late spring to
summer
Height: 3 ft.
Goat’s Rue
Blooms: Late spring to
mid-summer
Height: 2 ½ ft.
Richard Vogt (right)
UW Stevens Point
Jessica Bolwahn (left)
Leadplant
Blooms: Late spring to
summer
Height: 3 ft.
Jessica Bolwahn
Blue Vervain
Blooms: Summer
to fall
Height: 6 ft.
Jessica Bolwahn
Common Milkweed
Blooms: July to September
Height: 3 – 6 ft.
Jessica Bolwahn
Wild Bergamot
Blooms: Late
spring, early fall
Height: 5 ft.
Jessica Bolwahn
Mississippi Valley
Conservancy
Silky Prairie Clover
Blooms: Summer
Height: 1 ft.
Wild Rose
Blooms: Summer
Height: 3-6 ft.
Rachel Seebach
Wild Rose Hips
Jessica Bolwahn
Prairie Smoke
Blooms: 1-3 ft.
Height: Spring
Rachel Seebach
Purple Prairie clover
Blooms: Late spring to
summer
Height: 2 ft.
Rachel Seebach
Kitty Kohout
UW Stevens Point
Canadian Milk
Vetch
Blooms: Summer
Height: 5 ft.
Alum Root
Blooms: Mid-
spring to summer
Height:2 ½ ft.
Kenneth J. Sytsma
UW Stevens Point
Janice Stiefel
UW Stevens Point
Choke Cherry
Blooms: Spring to
summer
Height: 12 ft.
Sand Cherry
Blooms: Spring
Height: 6-12 ft.
Rachel Seebach
Whorled Milkweed
Blooms: Spring to fall
Height: 1-3 ft.
Rachel Seebach
New Jersey Tea
Blooms: Late spring to fall
Height: 3 ft.
Rachel Seebach
Rachel Seebach
Field Pussytoes
Blooms: Early spring to summer
Height: ½ ft.
Hoary Alyssum
This is a non-native species
Blooms: Summer to fall
Height: 1-2 ft.
Rachel Seebach
False Solomon’s Seal
Blooms: Summer to fall
Height: 1-2 ft.
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Horse-Nettle
Blooms: June to Sept.
Height: 1-3 ft.
Emmet J. Judziewicz
UW Stevens Point
Yarrow
Blooms: Spring to fall
Height: 1-3 ft.
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Thimbleweed
Blooms: Late spring
to summer
Height: 1-3 ft.
Merel. R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Common Evening-
Primrose
Blooms: Mid-spring to fall
Height: 1-2 ft.
Janice Stiefel
UW Stevens Point
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Common St. John’s Wort
This is a non-native species
Blooms: Summer
Height: 2 ft.
Coreopsis
Blooms: Late spring
to mid-summer
Height: 1-2 ½ ft.
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Cream Wild Indigo
Blooms: Mid to late
spring
Height: 2 ft.
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
False Boneset
Blooms: Mid-summer to fall
Height: 4 ft.
Merel R. Black
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Hairy Puccoon (another
flower, the Hoary Puccoon
looks very much like this)
Blooms: Spring to summer
Height: 1-2 ft.
Rachel Seebach
Prairie Ragwort
Blooms: Mid to late spring
Height: ½-2 ft.
Rachel Seebach
Fringed Puccoon
Blooms: Mid-spring
to early summer
Height: 15 in.
Merel R. Black
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Grey Goldenrod
Blooms: Summer to
fall
Height: 1-3 ft.
Merel R. Black
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Grooved Yellow Flax
Blooms: Mid-spring to early
fall
Height: 2 ½ ft.
Merel R. Black
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Old-field Balsam
Blooms: Mid-summer
to fall
Height: 2 ½ ft.
Merel R. Black
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Lance-Leaved Ground-
Cherry
Blooms: Late spring to summer
Height: 1 ft.
Derek Anderson
UW Stevens Point
Prairie Cinquefoil
Blooms: Late spring to
summer
Height: 3 ft.
Kitty Kohout
UW Stevens Point
False Dandelion
Blooms: Early spring to
summer
Height: Less than 1 ft.
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Missouri Goldenrod
Blooms: Summer to fall
Height: 1-3 ft.
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
False Toadflax
Blooms: Mid-spring
to early summer
Height: 1 ft.
Merel R. Black
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White Flowers Yellow Flowers
Showy Sunflower
Height: 3-6 ft.
Blooms: Late Summer
Armund Bartz
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Hairy Hawkweed
Blooms: Late spring to
early fall
Height: ½-1 ft.
White Campion This is a non-native
species
Blooms: Summer to
fall
Height: 1-3 ft.
Merel R. Black
UW Stevens Point
Jessica Bolwahn
Clammy
Ground Cherry
Blooms: Spring to
summer
Height: 1-3 ft.
Black-Eyed Susan
Blooms: Mid-spring to fall
Height: 1-2 ft.
Rachel Seebach
Partridge Pea
Blooms: Summer to fall
Height: 3 ½ ft.
Jessica Bolwahn
Heath Aster
Blooms: Mid-
summer to fall
Height: 3 ft.
Jessica Bolwahn
Flowering Spurge
Blooms: June to Sept.
Height: 1-3 ft.
Jessica Bolwahn
Prairie Larkspur
Blooms: Late
spring to early
summer
Height: 3 ½ ft.
Mississippi Valley
Conservancy
Dotted Mint
Blooms: Summer to fall
Height: 1-3 ft.
Jessica Bolwahn
White Prairie Clover
Blooms: Spring to fall
Height: 1-3 ft.
Mississippi Valley
Conservancy
Round-headed Bush
Clover
Blooms: July to Sept.
Height: 6 ft.
Jessica Bolwahn
Sand Milkweed
Blooms: June to July
Height: 1-2 ft.
Armund Bartz
Low Bindweed
Blooms: Late spring
to mid-summer
Height: 3-20 in.
Rachel Seebach
Mullein
This is a non-native
species
Blooms: Mid to late
summer
Height: Up to 6 ft.
Rachel Seebach