Native range

Native plants of Louisiana

146 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Louisiana, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 116 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 164 of 164 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; Louisiana 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 164 plants, 149 have been checked against outside sources (5 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.

Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Coast Leucothoe
Leucothoe axillaris
Part shadeZones 5–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
Full sunZones 4–88 inLow
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Boston Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
Part shadeZones 9–112 ftHigh
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Bluestar
Amsonia
Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

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