Missouri Wildflowers

How to use this website:

View thumbnail images of Yellow/Orange, Red/Pink, White, or Blue/Purple flowers. The thumbnails can be clicked to view a larger image and information about the plant.
List plants by genus and species. To find a plant by its common name, use your browser's "find" feature when the list is displayed.
View a list of links to other wildflower image and gardening sites that may be of interest.
Print note cards featuring some of the beautiful wildflower images on this site.
Please see the bibliography below for the list of resources that were consulted in creating this site. All publications listed are highly recommended as additional sources of information.
All images are protected by copyright. Other than printing note cards for personal use, do not use any of the text or images on this site without permission.

Missouri is blessed with an abundance of beautiful wildflowers from early spring to late fall, in a multitude of colors, sizes, and shapes. This wildflower identification site, created by Marilyn Gerrard-Hartman and sponsored by Marizon Inc, a web development company located near Jefferson City, contains images of some common wildflowers in the mid-Missouri area. Included in addition to non-woody plants are vines, shrubs and even a few trees that have conspicuous flowers.

Because the color of some flowers is difficult to classify, and because some are quite variable, several are listed under more than one color. Even so, be sure to check other color categories if you don't find what you're looking for in the category you expected.

Please consider helping to support this web site by purchasing one of the books listed below.

February 2008: Additional improved photographs.

March - June 2007: Additional improved photographs.

January 2007: Site re-design, several improved photos, and new note cards.

Ozark Wildflowers, A Field Guide to Common Ozark Wildflowers, Don Kurz: Falcon Publishing, Helena, 1999
Missouri Wildflowers, Edgar Denison: Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, 1998
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region, William A. Niering and Nancy C. Olmstead: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997
The Peterson Field Guides Series, A Field Guide to Wildflowers, Northeastern and Northcentral North America, Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1968
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees, Eastern Region, Elbert L. Little: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997

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