Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you

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Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
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The perfect yard with a green lawn and manicured garden is as American as baseball and apple pie—but that doesn’t mean it’s good for the land.

Lawns and gardens featuring non-native plants, flowers, and grasses require a great deal of water and fertilizer for maintenance. In drier areas of the country, lawn maintenance can drink up three-quarters of a household’s annual water usage, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that as much as half of all water used outdoors for activities like lawn care is wasted due to evaporation and runoff. Meanwhile, fertilizers and weed killers used to maintain non-native turf may contain harmful chemicals that run off into larger bodies of water and contaminate local ecosystems and drinking water.

Many gardeners have turned to native gardening, a technique incorporating plant species that occur naturally within an ecosystem, for a more eco-friendly take on the American lawn and garden. These plants then provide food for local wildlife, including butterflies, birds, and other animals native to a region. Pollinating insects, bees, and butterflies help the plants we eat bear fruit and vegetables, further providing a benefit to humans.

Native gardening reduces the need for fertilizer and pesticides, requires less water, and promotes biodiversity. For states that regularly experience moderate to severe drought, in particular, reining in water by gardening with native plants can more easily promote a healthier environment. Native gardening requires less maintenance, too: Homeowners don’t have to spend as much time or money on mowing, weeding, fertilizing, watering, and maintaining lawn equipment.

For those interested in incorporating native grasses and plants into their yards, Texas Real Estate Source compiled a list of wildflowers native to various U.S. regions from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin. All flowers on this list have bloom times between August and December and are native to one of these six regions of the U.S.: Central Texas, Eastern Woodland, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains, Southwestern Desert, and Tallgrass Prairie. The flowers are grouped together by region, and the regions are shown in alphabetical order.

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
White daisies with orange centers.

1 / 52trinityfoto // ShutterstockMelampodium leucanthum

Common name: Blackfoot Daisy

Native region: Central Texas, Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright orange and yellow firewheel flowers.

2 / 52CanvaGaillardia pulchella

Common name: Firewheel

Native region: Central Texas, Tallgrass Prairie

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Round ball-shaped flowers in light green.

3 / 52CanvaAsclepias asperula

Common name: Antelope-horns

Native region: Central Texas

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Delicate, bright yellow flowers.

4 / 52CanvaCalylophus berlandieri

Common name: Sundrops

Native region: Central Texas

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
A dayflower with two light blue petals on top and a yellow center.

5 / 52CanvaCommelina erecta

Common name: Dayflower

Native region: Central Texas

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
A field of white flowers.

6 / 52Owen Suen // ShutterstockCooperia pedunculata

Common name: Rain Lily

Native region: Central Texas

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Delicate purple flowers with yellow centers.

7 / 52Johanna Veldstra // ShutterstockEustoma exaltatum

Common name: Bluebell Gentian

Native region: Central Texas

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Light purple flowers.

8 / 52CanvaGlandularia bipinnatifida

Common name: Prairie Verbena

Native region: Central Texas

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright red tall flowers.

9 / 52CanvaLobelia cardinalis

Common name: Cardinal Flower

Native region: Central Texas

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Orange and yellow coneflowers.

10 / 52CanvaRatibida columnifera

Common name: Prairie Coneflower

Native region: Central Texas

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
A low green plant blooming with white flowers.

11 / 52agatchen // ShutterstockCornus canadensis

Common name: Bunchberry Dogwood

Native region: Eastern Woodlands

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid.

12 / 52Agnieszka Bacal // ShutterstockCypripedium parviflorum

Common name: Yellow Lady’s-slipper Orchid

Native region: Eastern Woodlands

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Pink and white orchid flowers.

13 / 52CanvaCypripedium reginae

Common name: Showy Lady’s Slipper

Native region: Eastern Woodlands

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Light pink funnel-shaped flowers hanging down.

14 / 52CanvaLinnaea borealis

Common name: Twinflower

Native region: Eastern Woodlands

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright red star-shaped flowers.

15 / 52Agnieszka Bacal // ShutterstockSilene virginica

Common name: Scarlet Catchfly

Native region: Eastern Woodlands

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Different color combinations of Western Columbine flowers, including purple, yellow and red.

16 / 52CanvaAquilegia formosa

Common name: Western Columbine

Native region: Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Small pink flowers with green centers.

17 / 52Toshio Umekawa // ShutterstockChimaphila umbellata

Common name: Pipsissewa

Native region: Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright pink flowers.

18 / 52CanvaClarkia amoena

Common name: Farewell To Spring

Native region: Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright orange flowers with a blurred out mountain background.

19 / 52CanvaEriophyllum lanatum

Common name: Oregon Sunshine

Native region: Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Large white star-shaped flowers with yellow centers.

20 / 52CanvaErythronium montanum

Common name: White Avalanche-lily

Native region: Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Shades of orange funnel-shaped blooms.

21 / 52CanvaEschscholzia californica

Common name: California Poppy

Native region: Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Light purple flowers with yellow centers.

22 / 52CanvaEurybia integrifolia

Common name: Thickstem Aster

Native region: Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright orange Lily with dark orange spots.

23 / 52CanvaLilium columbianum

Common name: Wild Tiger Lily

Native region: Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright pink bell-shaped flowers bloom on a rocky mountainside.

24 / 52CanvaPenstemon newberryi

Common name: Mountain Pride

Native region: Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
A field full of blooming purple fireweed in front of snow-capped mountains.

25 / 52CanvaChamerion angustifolium

Common name: Fireweed

Native region: Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Pale purple and white flowers with yellow centers in the foothills of the mountains.

26 / 52CanvaAquilegia coerulea

Common name: Rocky Mountain Columbine

Native region: Rocky Mountains

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Yellow Arnica flowers near a small stream in a rocky valley.

27 / 52CanvaArnica cordifolia

Common name: Heartleaf Arnica

Native region: Rocky Mountains

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
A pink Sego Lily cup growing on a rocky mountainside.

28 / 52CanvaCalochortus nuttallii

Common name: Sego Lily

Native region: Rocky Mountains

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Large white flowers with yellow centers in the marsh.

29 / 52CanvaCaltha leptosepala

Common name: White Marsh-marigold

Native region: Rocky Mountains

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Blue bell-shaped flowers.

30 / 52CanvaCampanula rotundifolia

Common name: Bluebell

Native region: Rocky Mountains

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Closeup view of dainty white flowers in front of a lake on a mountain summit with snow on top.

31 / 52Kristi Blokhin // ShutterstockCardamine cordifolia

Common name: Heartleaf Bittercress

Native region: Rocky Mountains

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Fire-red flowers growing down a mountainside with the sun setting in the background.

32 / 52CanvaCastilleja rhexiifolia

Common name: Splitleaf Indian Paintbrush

Native region: Rocky Mountains

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Small yellow flowers.

33 / 52CanvaDasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda

Common name: Shrubby Cinquefoil

Native region: Rocky Mountains

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Dark purple flowers growing on a green mountainside.

34 / 52CanvaDelphinium barbeyi

Common name: Subalpine Larkspur

Native region: Rocky Mountains

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Tiny bright yellow flowers in a dry landscape.

35 / 52CanvaBaileya multiradiata

Common name: Desert Marigold

Native region: Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright yellow leggy flowers growing in a valley.

36 / 52Sundry Photography // ShutterstockEnceliopsis nudicaulis

Common name: Sunray

Native region: Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Pale pink wispy flowers against a dark blue sky.

37 / 52CanvaFallugia paradoxa

Common name: Apache Plume

Native region: Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
A yellow funnel shaped flower in front of a desert background.

38 / 52Charles T. Peden // ShutterstockHibiscus coulteri

Common name: Desert Rosemallow

Native region: Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Orange Poppies in a green meadow in front of a mountain.

39 / 52CanvaKallstroemia grandiflora

Common name: Desert Poppy

Native region: Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright yellow flower with bees in the center.

40 / 52CanvaMentzelia pumila

Common name: Dwarf Mentzelia

Native region: Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Field of small white flowers in the middle and pink and purple flowers on the outsides

41 / 52CanvaPhlox tenuifolia

Common name: Santa Catalina Mountain Phlox

Native region: Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Yellow flower bush in a desert landscape.

42 / 52CanvaPsilostrophe cooperi

Common name: Whitestem Paperflower

Native region: Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Yellow flower bush in a desert landscape.

43 / 52CanvaScabrethia scabra ssp. scabra

Common name: Badlands Mule-ears

Native region: Southwestern Desert

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
White flowers with yellow centers.

44 / 52CanvaAnaphalis margaritacea

Common name: Western Pearly Everlasting

Native region: Tallgrass Prairie

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Two orange butterflies on an orange milkweed flower.

45 / 52CanvaAsclepias tuberosa

Common name: Butterfly Milkweed

Native region: Tallgrass Prairie

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright orange flowers.

46 / 52CanvaCoreopsis palmata

Common name: Finger Coreopsis

Native region: Tallgrass Prairie

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Circular prickly looking flowers with stiff stems.

47 / 52CanvaEryngium yuccifolium

Common name: Beargrass

Native region: Tallgrass Prairie

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
White and green leaves blooming.

48 / 52CanvaEuphorbia marginata

Common name: Snow On The Mountain

Native region: Tallgrass Prairie

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright blue flower with orange center.

49 / 52CanvaEustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum

Common name: Texas Bluebell

Native region: Tallgrass Prairie

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Bright violet flowers with tiny petals.

50 / 52CanvaGlandularia canadensis

Common name: Sweet William

Native region: Tallgrass Prairie

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Yellow Maximilian Sunflower with dark orange center.

51 / 52CanvaHelianthus maximiliani

Common name: Maximilian Sunflower

Native region: Tallgrass Prairie

Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Large blue irises with yellow centers in a garden.

52 / 52CanvaIris versicolor

Common name: Large Blue Iris

Native region: Tallgrass Prairie

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