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  This wild native mustard boasts nutritious leaves, similar to wild arugula, and sturdy taproots with a peppery kick. Additionally, yellow rocket ...

Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sp.) and mule’s ears (Wyethia sp.) are the western state equivalents to the glorious Silphiums of Midwestern tallgrass pra...

Plant in masses with this large-pack. Dream-like, low growing, and robin’s egg blue (with white centers), this abounding little annual adds a vibra...

A fascinating native member of the carrot family. Blooming at roughly the same time as camas, this unusual-looking plant creates a dazzling color c...

Famed for ancient ethnobotanical traditions, beargrass is not a grass at all, but rather a member of the corn-lily family. It’s also an icon of wes...

A low-growing annual for creating colorful swales. Bicolor lupine is a tiny plant, often staying less than 6-inches tall, and yet this little annua...

Glorious and showy! Big leaf lupine is one of the tallest and most ornamental native lupine species in the west. This cheerful plant forms nice col...

A delicate, long-lived, wildflower that you can divide for years to come! Not a grass at all, this small iris relative embodies the art and mystery...

An excellent utilitarian grass for erosion control, wildlife, and agroforestry. With seedheads that can reach 4 to 5 feet in height, blue wild rye ...

Spectacularly showy little flowers atop unassuming foliage. Another showy annual for seasonally wet spots that dry out in the summer. Blue-eyed Mar...

Broadleaf lupine is very important host plant for many butterfly caterpillars, including the Persius duskywing (Erynnis persius), Queen Alexandra’s...

This is not a Northwestern Native, but rather is a plant of the central and southern plains and the desert southwest (roughly Nebraska to Californi...

An iconic associate of vanishing meadows across the west. Despite the common name, California oatgrass is an extremely widespread meadow and savann...

The Classic Flower of Late Summer Meadows Few perennials are as long-lived or widely adaptable as Canada goldenrod. From damp, sunny roadside ditch...

Canada milkvetch is a robust perennial legume that’s also a bumble bee magnet once it starts flowering. Grouped plantings in particular typically p...

One of the best grass-substitutes for combining with wildflower plantings. While most sedges have specific associations with wetlands or wet enviro...

Also known as chocolate lily or rice root, this is a sublime, but challenging to grow plant of Northwestern prairies, oak savannahs, and shore pine...

This is a one of those rare gems of forest clearings and open meadows that was likely much more common in the past. Along with habitat loss, this p...

The most important historical native food plant in the Northwest Native across the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, the stunning violet...

Named for the obvious similarity of the flowerhead to the head of a violin, this occasionally common annual plant is one of our few native wildflow...

One of our best pollinator plants! At up to 7 feet in height with massive white umbels and large leaves over a foot in width, this is not your aver...

As the common name makes clear, this is a rush-like plant that "creeps" or spreads by underground rhizomes. The scientific name is a bit more elega...

With spade or diamond-shaped bright pink petals, and anthers bearing blue-grey pollen, this nice annual is striking to look at. Even better, it’s t...

A milkweed relative, dogbane hemp is possibly the pre-eminent wild fiber plant of North America, producing tough fibrous stems that were rolled and...