Wildflowers
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Taxanomy:
- Kingdom Plantae
- Phylum Anthophyta
- Class Monocotyledoneae
- Order
Alismatales (arrowhead, plantain, others)
Arales (Jack-in-the-pulpit, peace lily, others)
Commelinales (dayflower, spiderwort, others)
Eriocaulales (pipewort, others)
Liliales (Solomon’s-seal, lilies, trillium, wild garlic, others)
Orchidales (lady’s-slipper, orchid, rattlesnake-plantain, others)
- Order
- Class Dicotyledoneae
- Order
Apiales (cicely, ginseng, poison hemlock, Queen Anne’s lace, wild carrot, others)
Aristolochiales (birthwort, wild ginger, others)
Asterales (aster, chicory, coneflower, daisy, dandelion, fleabane, goldenrod, Joe-pye-weed, yarrow, others)
Campanulales (bluebell, cardinal flower, lobelia, others)
Capparales (garlic mustard, rock cress, toothwort, others)
Caryophyllales (amaranth, baby’s-breath, cactus, chickweed, fire pink, pokeweed, others)
Diapensiales (beetleweed, others)
Dilleniales (peony, others)
Dipsacales (honeysuckle, teasel, valerian, others)
Ericales (Indian pipe, spotted wintergreen, others)
Fabales (clover, partridge-pea, soybean, vetch, others)
Gentianales (dogbane, milkweed, pennywort, periwinkle, others)
Geraniales (jewelweed, wild geranium, wood sorrel, others)
Lamiales (beebalm, bergamont, borage, dead-nettle, others)
Linaceae (flax, others)
Myrtales (evening primrose, loosestrife, others)
Nepenthales (pitcher plant, sundew, Venus’s-flytrap, others)
Nymphaeales (lotus, water lily, others)
Papaverales (bloodroot, Dutchman’s-breeches, poppy, others)
Plantaginales (plantain, others)
Plumbaginales (sealavender, others)
Polygalales (milkwort, others)
Polygonales (buckwheat, curly dock, sheep sorrel, smartweed, others)
Primulales (loosestrife, primrose, shooting star, others)
Ranunculales (buttercup, columbine, mayapple, others)
Rosales (cinquefoil, rock-moss, saxifrage, stonecrop, wild strawberry, others)
Rubiales (bedstraw, bluet, partridge-berry, others)
Sapindales (rue, others)
Scrophulariales (foxglove, mullein, ruellia, snapdragon, others),
Solanales (ground cherry, morning glory, phlox, others)
Theales (orange-grass, St. John’s-wort, others)
Utricales (wood-nettle, others)
Violales (blazing star, pansy, passion-flower, violet, others)
- Order
- Class Monocotyledoneae
- Phylum Anthophyta