It has bright rose to purple urn like flowers. Taper-tip onion grows on rocky outcrops and dry prairies with annuals such as blue-eyed Mary and rusty popcorn flower. Key nectar species for Fenders Blue Butterfly.

Dense, clump forming sedge, 12-30" tall. It grows in many different hydric conditions making it a good competitor and ideal for disturbed sites.

Smaller flowers than C. amoena but still very pretty with pink to magenta flowers, 3-4 ft tall.

Low-growing bunch grass with only a few nodding flower spikes, 1-1.5 ft in flower. A versatile grass found in both wet and dry prairies.

Medium-height bunch grass with thick, blue-green leaves, flowers in slender spikes, turn nice red as they mature, 3-4 ft in flower.

This native annual is found in wet prairies and ditches. It has tall spikes of magenta flowers that provide late summer color.. The small seeds are attractive to goldfinches during their breeding season. 2-4 ft tall

This tall perennial wildflower (up to 4 ft tall) of wetland prairies has clusters of bright yellow flowers in August that attract a host of late-season wet prairie butterflies and bees.