Nebraska Native Plant of the Week

Fragaria virginiana – wild strawberry

  Wild strawberry is an edible ground cover that tolerates full sun or shade.  An ...

Helenium flexuosum – Purple sneezeweed

    This shorter and more colorful version of sneezeweed is somewhat common in eastern ...

Allium canandense var. lavendulare – Prairie Wild Onion

    Allium is the genus name for onion.  We have 6 species of native ...

Carex bushii – Bush’s sedge

    Bush’s sedge was a pleasant surprise on Wedding Prairie at Witt’s End Homestead.  ...

Asclepias spp. – Milkweeds

  Most people are aware of the value of milkweed as a host plant, to ...

Oenothera serrulata (syn. Calylophus serrulatus) – yellow sundrops

  YELLOW SUNDROPS Oenothera serrulata (Syn. Calylophus serrulatus) (Yellow Sundrops, Plains yellow primrose) is a ...

Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine

    Aquilega candensis, also called Columbine, is a striking native plants with bright intricate ...

Carex sprengelii – long-beak sedge

    Our plant of the week this week is a sedge.  Like all sedges, ...