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Home > Plant Lists > Native Perennials: Flowering Plants
Native Perennials: Flowering Plants
Key:
- F=full sunlight
- P=partial shade
- S=shade
- H=hydric; wet, periodically or often inundated by water
- M=mesic; moist, adequate soil moisture retention all year
- S=sub-xeric; moist to dry, seasonally moist, periodically dry
- X=xeric; dry and drought resistant, little moisture retention, excessively drained
NAME |
LIGHT
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MOISTURE
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HEIGHT
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COMMENTS
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Common
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Scientific
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White baneberry; Red baneberry
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Actaea pachypoda, A. rubra
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P,S
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M
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24"
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Attractive, but poisonous fruits
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Columbine
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Aquilegia canadensis
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F,P,S
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M,S
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12"
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Early spring flowers
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Spikenard
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Aralia racemosa
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P,S
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M,S
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36"
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Good for back of border
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Silverweed
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Argentina anserina
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F
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S,X
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6"
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Yellow flowers, silvery leaves
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Jack-in-the-pulpit
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Arisaema triphyllum
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P,S
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H,M
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12"
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Flower green and brown; bright red fruits
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Milkweed
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Asclepias syriaca
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F
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S,X
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36"
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Attracts butterflies
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Marsh marigold
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Caltha palustris
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F,P
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H,M
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12"
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Showy yellow flowers in early spring
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Harebell
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Campanula rotundifolia
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F,P
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M,S,X
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12"
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Delicate blue-purple flowers
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Blue cohosh
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Caulophyllum thalictroides
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P,S
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M,S
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36"
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Blue fruits; back of border
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White turtlehead
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Chelone glabra
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P,S
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H,M
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24"
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Interesting white flowers in midsummer
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Bluebead-lily
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Clintonia borealis
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P,S
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M,S
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12"
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Pale yellow ball-shaped flowers; fruits poisonous
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Trout-lily, Dog’s-tooth-violet
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Erythronium americanum
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P,S
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M
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6"
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Flowers early spring
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Joe-pye weed
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Eupatorium maculatum
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F
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H,M
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48"
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Purple flowers in fall; attracts butterflies; good for drying
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Boneset
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Eupatorium perfoliatum
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F
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H,M
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24"
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Green flowers; good for drying
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Blue flag
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Iris versicolor
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F,P
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H,M
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24"
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Elegant form; blue-purple flowers; easy to grow
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Indian cucumber-root
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Medeola virginiana
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P,S
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M
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12"
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Interesting magenta floral bracts
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Obedient plant
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Physostegia virginiana
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F,P,S
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M,S,X
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24"
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Flowers pink, leaves dark green; good cut flower
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Solomon’s seal
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Polygonatum pubescens
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P,S
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M
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18"
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Arching stems; white flowers in early spring; tall groundcover for shade
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Bloodroot
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Sanguinaria canadensis
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P,S
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M
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12"
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Showy white flowers in early spring
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New England aster
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Symphyotrichum (Aster) novae-angliae
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F,P
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M,S,X
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24"
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Fall flowering; deep purple
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New York aster
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Symphyotrichum (Aster) novi-belgii
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F,P
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M,S,X
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24"
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Fall flowering; purple
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Foam flower
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Tiarella cordifolia
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P
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M
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6"
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Delicate white flowers in early spring
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Wild-oats
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Uvularia sessilifolia
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P,S
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M
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6"
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Creamy, bell-shaped flowers in early spring
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Violet
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Viola species
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P
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M
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2-6"
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Various species and colors; most self-sow to form groundcovers
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It was made possible by Friends of Acadia, Garden Club Federation of Maine, Josselyn Botanical Society, Maine Natural Areas Program/Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Department of Agriculture, Maine Landscape and Nursery Association, Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Park Service, Native Plant Conservation Initiative, The Nature Conservancy, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, University of Maine Horticulture Club and the USDA Forest Service.
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