Native Plants
A native plant is one that occurs naturally in a particular region,
ecosystem, or habitat without direct or indirect human intervention. The
plants
present prior to statehood are
considered native to Arkansas.
American beauty-berry (Callicarpa americana)
Bird's foot-violet (Viola pedata)
Blue-waterleaf (Hydrolea ovata)
Ashy sunflower (Helianthus mollis)
Blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis)
Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium spp.)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Cardinal-flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Dotted beebalm (Monarda punctata)
Four-leaf milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia)
Green-eyes (Berlandiera betonicifolia)
Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica)
Carolina rose (Rosa carolina)
Dwarf crested iris (Iris cristata)
Gray-head coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Hairy wild petunia (Ruellia humilis)
May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Compass-plant (Silphium laciniatum)
Eastern bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
Net-leaf leather-flower (Clematis reticulata)
Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
Ouachita blazing-star (Liatris compacta)
Ozark spiderwort (Tradescantia ozarkana)
Ozark trillium (Trillium ozarkanum)
Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
Pinewoods-lily (Alophia drummondii)
Prairie gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya)
Purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens)
Purple passion-flower (Passiflora incarnata)
Purple prairie-clover (Dalea purpurea)
Rattlesnake-master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Sampson's-snakeroot (Orbexilum pedunculatum)
Sensitive-brier (Mimosa quadrivalvis)
Silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum)
Sundew (Drosera brevifolia)
Shooting-star (Primula meadia)
Smooth phlox (Phlox glaberrima)
Tall green milkweed (Asclepias hirtella)
Showy partridge-pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Stern's medlar (Crataegus canescens)
White milkweed (Asclepias variegata)
White swamp milkweed (Asclepias perennis)
Wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
