44 
MISSOURL BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
PLANTS GROWING IN RICH SOIL AND DRY, SUNNY SITUATIONS 
, Approx. 
Botanical name Common name ‘Approx. Color of time of 
eight flowers hioom 
9 “Amorpha Lead plant (shrub) 1-3’ 3lue July-Aug. 
canescens 
3 Amorphe nana Fragrant false indigo! 1’ Purple May 
(shrub) 
3 Anemone Carolina anemone 3-6” |Purple May 
caroliniana 
3 Astragalus Ground plum 6-15” | White April-June 
caryocarpus 
3 Astragalus Larger ground plum | 6-15” Yellowish (May 
mexicanus white 
3 Camassia Fraseri |\Wild hyacinth 1-2’ Blue-white |April-May 
3 Coreopsis palmata)Stiff tickseed 1-3’ |Bright June-July 
yellow 
3 Delphinium Carolina larkspur 1-2’ Blue-white [May-July 
carolinianum 
8 Draba cuneifolia|\Wedgeleaved Whit- | 4-8” |White Feb.-April 
low-grass 
3 Erigeron Robin’s plantain 10-24” |Violet, April-June 
bellidifolius purple 
8 Erysimum Western wall-flower 1-3’ Orange- May-July 
asperum yellow 
3 Gentiana Gentian 6-10” |Lilac { Aug.-Sept. 
puberula 
8 Houstonia Narrow-leaved 1-2’ Purplish May-July 
angustifolia houstonia 
3 Houstonia Bluet 3-5” |Blue March-May 
caerulea 
3 Houstonia Bluet 1-4” Blue March-July 
minima 
3 Houstonia Large houstonia 8-15” ‘Blue May-July 
purpurea 
3 Liatris Hairy button-snake-| 2-5’ Purple Aug.-Sept. 
pycnostachya root 
3 Linum perenne Flax 1-2’ Blue Summer 
3 Lupinus Silvery lupine 1-2’ Purple July-Aug. 
argenteus 
3 Malvastrum False mallow 4-10” |Red May-Aug. 
coccineum 
3 Mentzelia nuda Bractless mentzelia 1-5’ Yellowish (|July-Aug. 
white 
3 Mentzelia ornata |Ornate mentzelia 2’ Yellowish jJune-Sept. 
; white 
3 Nothoscordum Yellow false garlic a Yellow March-July 
striatum 
3 Oenothera Prairie evening White, pink /April-June 
albicaulis primrose (low, 
spreading) 
