Candid coneflower
Echinacea pallida or pale purple coneflower, a native Illinois prairie plant! Cone shaped seed head and pale purple drooping petals. This...
Fox glove beard tongue
The actual name of a plant... Penstemon digitalis or Fox-glove beard tongue feeds long tongued bees and other pollinators. It’s a native...
Funny honey locust
Gleditsia tracanthos or honey locust has historically borne lots and lots of thorns to keep off pesky giant sloths during the last ice...
Lawns white clover
Trifolium repens! or White Clover. Present in most lawns of the Midwest. This plant is native to Europe and Central Asia and helps...
Wild wild carrot
White topped roadside flower #daucuscarota or "wild carrot" or "queen annes lace" Stretches across roadsides for miles around IL. But...
Chicorycoffee
Ever seen a purple flowered roadside plant? There is a good chance it's chicory! Originally from France, this plant made it's big...