MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
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PLANTS GROWING IN DRY SOIL IN SUNNY SITUATIONS 
Botant C Approx.| Color of pr cehees 
otanical name ommon name height fiowera ‘acide 
3 Anemone Long-fruited 2’ Greenish June-Aug. 
cylindrica anemone white 
3 Antennaria Plantain-leaf ever- 6-18” |Greenish April-June 
plantaginifolia lasting white 
7 Arenaria patula |Sandwort (annual) 4-10” |White April-May 
8 Asclepias Butterfly-weed 1-2’ Orange June-Sept. 
tuberosa 
8 Asclepias Whorled milkweed 1-2’ White July-Sept. 
verticillata 
8 Aster laevis Smooth aster 2-3’ Blue-violet |Sept.-Oct. 
3 Aster multiflorus |Dense-flowered aster] 1-3’ White Aug.-Nov. 
3 Aster patens Late purple aster 1-3’ Purplish Aug.-Oct. 
blue 
3 Aster turbinellus |Prairie aster 2-3’ Violet Sept.-Oct. 
3 Baptisia Large white wild 2-3’ White June-July 
leucantha indigo 
3 Baptisia © Wild indigo 1-2’ Yellow June-Sept. 
tinctoria 
3 Cassia nictitans |Wildsensitive plant] 6-15” |Yellow July-Oct. 
3 OClitoria Mariana|Butterfly-pea a hd Pale blue (|June-July 
3 Crassina Prairie zinnia 46” /|Yellow 
grandiflora 
3 Croton capitatus |Capitate croton 1-114’ |Silvery | June-Sept. 
(annual) | 
3 Croton Single-fruited croton} 4-8” (Silvery 
monanthogynus (annual) | 
3 Euphorbia Flowering spurge 10”-3’ |White |April-Oct. 
corollata | 
3 Gnaphalium Sweet balm 1-3’ White | Aug.-Sept. 
polycephalum (annual) | 
3 Helianthus Sunflower 2-3’ Yellow |Aug.-Sept. 
occidentalis ’ | 
9 Hieracium Hairy hawkweed 1-3’ | Yellow July-Sept. 
Gronovit 
9 Hypoxis erecta Star-grass 2-6” lYellow \May-Oct. 
9 Lespedeza Trailing bush-clover| 1-3’ Violet or |Aug.-Sept. 
precumbens (low, trailing) pink 
9 Lespedeza Bush-clover 1-3’ Violet- |\Aug.-Sept. 
violacea purple 
3 Liatris Cylindric blazing- 1-114’ |Purple \July-Sept. 
cylindracca star | 
8 Liatris punctata |Dotted button- 6-30” |Purple |Aug.-Oct. 
snakeroot 
9 Liatris scariosa Large button- 1-6’ Bluish | \ng.-Sept. 
snakeroot purple | 
8 Liatris squarrosa |Blazing-star 6”-2’ |Bright |Tune-Sept. 
purple 
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