Flowers, Legumes & Grasses
Seeded On Nebraska Roadsides

Flowers Legumes & Grasses do not recognize state borders, and many Nebraska specimens are found throughout the Midwest. In addition to the info provided here by the Nebraska Department of Roads, we also provide links to additional resources. Please do not reproduce the photos for commercial purposes without written permission. Contact the Webmaster with your questions/comments.

Nebraska Roadside Flowers, Legumes & Grasses - scroll down

Midwest Wildflower & Grasses On-Line Guide
USDA Plants On-Line Database
Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery
Illinois Wildflowers

NDOR Links

Flowers are listed in order of Bloom Time
These specimens are included in the Department of Roads'
current roadside development program

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Photo Blooming Month(s) Bloom Color(s) Scientific Name
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for that item. It will open in a new browser window		 Common Name
 Photo Credits
* Mike Haddock
** Tom Barnes, Univ. of Kentucky
*** Patrick J. Alexander
**** John Hilty
March - May white to cream Antennaria Pussy Toes *
April - June lavender
to dark pink		 Phlox andicola Prairie phlox ****
May - June
pink to lavender
Shell Leaf Penstemon
May - June
blue
Blue Flax
May - June
reddish purple
Purple Poppy Mallow *
May - July white Anemone canadensis Canadian Anemone **
May - August lavender Tradescantia Spiderwort *
May - Sept red Gaillardia Blanketflower *
June
pink
Prairie Wild Rose
June - August
reddish purple
Lead Plant *

June - August

blue

Monarda fistulosa

Wild Bergamont
June - October
yellow, white, red
Yarrow
June - July
pink
Purple Prairie Clover
(Legume)
June - July
yellow
Black-Eyed Susan *
June - July
pink
Black Samson *
June - July
yellow
Upright Prairie Coneflower
June - July
yellow
Grayhead Prairie Coneflower *
June - July
rosebud red
Scarlet Flax
June -July white Argemone polyanthemos Prickly Poppy
June - August red, orange, yellow Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed *
June - August dark red
with yellow edges 		Ratibida columnifera, red Mexican Red Hat ***
June - August white Dalea candida White
Prairie Clover *
 (Legume)
July - August
pinkish purple
Pale Purple Coneflower
July - August
yellow
Golden Glow
or Cutleaf Coneflower
July - August
yellow
Compass Plant *
July - August
white-pink
Rocky Mountain
Bee Plant
July - August
yellow
Partridge Pea *
July - Sept blue Salvia azurea Pitcher (Blue) Sage *
July - Sept
pink
Pink Smartweed
July - Sept
pink
Ironweed
 
August - Sept white Aster ericoides White Aster
 
August - Sept
purple
 
Blazing Star*
 
August - Sept cream Lespedeza capitata Roundheaded
Bushclover *
August - Oct yellow Oligoneuron rigidum Stiff Goldenrod *
Sept - Oct yellow Helianthus maximiliani Maximillian
Sunflower *
Sept - Oct  purple Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster *
Sept - Oct blue  Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth Blue Aster *
Grasses
Flowering Time

 

July - Sept

Grass Height

 

2 - 6 feet 

 Scientific Name

 

Andropogon gerardii

Common Name

 

Big Bluestem *
(grass)

July - Sept 10 - 40 inches Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama *
(grass)
June - August 6 - 20 inches Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama *
(grass)
July - August 2 - 5 feet Elymus canadensis Canada Wildrye *
(grass)
no picture yet July - Sept 2 - 2.5 feet Elymus trachycaulus Slender Wheatgrass
 (grass)
June - Sept 1 - 3 feet Pascopyrum smithii Western Wheatgrass *
(grass)
Aug - Sept 2 - 7 feet Panicum virgatum Switchgrass *
(grass)
July - Sept 2 - 5 feet Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem *
(grass)
July - Sept 3 - 7 feet Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass *
(grass)

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