BWSR’s monthly Featured Plant includes information on native species identification, range, preferred habitat, uses and planting recommendations. Focusing on plants that are important for conservation projects and native gardens, BWSR’s ecological science conservationist curates the feature with occasional contributions from other experts. Find the current Plant of the Month here. For a complete alphabetized list of past featured plants, click here.
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- 2024
September 2024 — New England aster
August 2024 — Purple prairie clover
June 2024 — lance-leaf figwort
- 2023
October 2023 — Bottlebrush grass
August 2023 — American bellflower
- 2022
October 2022 — Sprengel's sedge
September 2022 — Swamp milkweed
August 2022 — Rough blazing star
May 2022 — American pasqueflower
April 2022 — Golden Alexanders
- 2021
October 2021 — Side-oats grama
September 2021 — Wild geranium
April 2021 — Sweet Joe Pye weed
- 2020
December 2020 — Prairie ironweed
October 2020 — Common Milkweed
September 2020 — Butterfly milkweed
August 2020 — Prairie blue-eyed grass
July 2020 — Foxglove beardtongue
- 2019
October 2019 — Green-headed coneflower
September 2019 — Meadow blazing star
August 2019 — Spotted jewelweed
July 2019 — Prairie spiderwort
June 2019 — Downy yellow violet
May 2019 — Smooth Solomon's seal
April 2019 — Virginia bluebells
March 2019 – Large-flowered bellwort
- 2018
December 2018 – Purple stemmed Angelica
November 2018 – Zigzag goldenrod
September 2018 – Native loosestrifes
June 2018 – Broadleaf arrowhead
- 2017
December 2017 – Whorled Milkweed
November 2017 – Prairie Coreopsis
October 2017 – Smooth Blue Aster
September 2017 – Lance Selfheal
July 2017 – Common Blue Violet
June 2017 – Virginia Waterleaf
- 2016
December 2016 – Lowbush Blueberries
August 2016 – Smooth Wild Rose
July 2016 – American Wild Plum
- 2015
December 2015 – American Elderberry
November 2015 – Canada Milk Vetch
October 2015 – Nodding Bur-Marigold
September 2015 – New England Aster
June 2015 – Prairie Coneflower
- 2014
December 2014 – Purple Prairie Clover
November 2014 – Bottle Gentian
October 2014 – Stiff Goldenrod
September 2014 – Maximillian Sunflower
May 2014 – Large-Flowered Trillium
April 2014 – Dutchman's Breeches
- 2013
November 2013 – Annual Sunflower
October 2013 – Showy Goldenrod
September 2013 – Marsh Hedge Nettle
July 2013 – Large-Flowered Penstemon
June 2013 – Minnesota's Milkweeds
April 2013 – Golden Alexanders