Native Alternatives to Wildflower Species

Canada lily (above) and showy golden rod
(right) can be used as native alternatives to
harmful invasive wildflower species.
Photos © TNC

Showy golden rod

INVASIVE SPECIES	NATIVE ALTERNATIVES
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace)	Aster ericoides (heath aster)
Hemerocallis fulva (day-lily)	Aster lateriflorus (calico aster)
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket)	Aster novae-angliae (New England aster)
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet)	Aster pilosus (common white aster)
	Aster puniceus (purple-stemmed aster)
	Eupatorium altissimum (tall boneset)
	Eupatorium rugosa (white snakeroot)
	Hybrid lilies - non-native, but non-invasive
	Lilium canadense (Canada lily)
	Lilium michiganense (Michigan lily)
	Oenothera missouriensis (Missouri primrose) *
	Phlox divaricata (wild blue phlox)
	Phlox paniculata (garden phlox)
	Phlox pilosa (downy phlox)
	Ratibida pinnata (yellow coneflower)
	Sedum ternatum (wild stonecrop)
	Solidago rigida (stiff goldenrod)
	Solidago rugosa (fireworks cultivar)
	Solidago speciosa (showy golden rod)

* indicates native to region, but not Ohio