Native range

Native plants of Alabama

191 wild species and 20 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Alabama, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 143 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 180 of 211 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Alabama is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 211 plants, 195 have been checked against outside sources (6 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Dwarf Fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii
Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate
Eastern Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Large Fothergilla
Fothergilla major
Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow
Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate
Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Carolina Lupine
Thermopsis villosa
Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Peach Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Purple Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Red Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
White Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Tropical Sage
Salvia coccinea
Full sunZones 8–102.5 ftModerate
White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
American Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate

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