We are planning to start a seed bank of native plants and will be recruiting local volunteers to help start the seeds, share pollinator observations, and harvest seeds, along with sponsorships to help with the startup costs. But first we are seeking donations of seeds to stock our bank. We are still brainstorming and would love feedback and suggestions from local gardeners (email pollinator@afnha.org to donate or give suggestions). Note: this list excludes some common pollinator-friendly plants that we already have quantities of.
Seeds Wanted (scientific name - common name):
Agalinis purpurea - Purple False Foxglove
Ageratina altissima - White Snake Root
Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine
Asclepias purpurascens - Purple Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed
Asclepias verticillata - Whorled Milkweed, Eastern Whorled Milkweed, Green Comet Milkweed, Green-flowered Milkweed, Green Milkweed, Wand Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora - Short Green Milkweed
Aureolaria Flava - False Yellow Foxglove
Baptisia australis - Blue Wild Indigo, Wild Blue Indigo, Blue False Indigo
Bidens aristosa - Swamp Marigold
Bidens coronata - Crowned Beggarticks
Doellingeria umbellata - Flat Topped Aster
Castilleja coccinea - Indian Paintbrush
Chamaecrista fasciculata - Partridge Pea
Conoclinium coelestinum - Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue BonesetCorydalis flavula-Yellow Flumewort
Corydalis sempervirens - Pale Corydalis
Erigeron strigosus - Daisy Fleabane
Eurybia macrophylla - Big Leaved Aster
Eutrochium purpureum - Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum - Joe Pye Weed
Desmodium canadense - Showy Tick Trefoil
Desmodium glutinosum - Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil
Filipendula rubra - Queen Of The Prairie, Queen-of-the-prairie
Galium boreale - Northern Bedstraw
Gaura Biennis - Biennial Gaura
Gentiana alba - Plain Gentian, Yellow Gentian, Cream Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii - Closed Bottle Gentian, Closed Gentian, Bottle Gentian
Gentianopsis crinita - Fringed Gentian
Gentianella quinquefolia - Stiff Gentian
Helenium flexuosum - Purplehead Sneezeweed
Helianthus angustifolius - Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus - Thinleaf Sunflower, Ten-petaled Sunflower, Thin-leaved Sunflower, Pale Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus L. - Woodland Sunflower, Rough Sunflower
Helianthus giganteus L. - Giant Sunflower
Helianthus grosseserratus - Saw toothed Sun Flower
Helianthus mollis - Downy Sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis - Fewleaf Sunflower, Western Sunflower
Helianthus strumosus - Paleleaf Woodland Sunflower, Paleleaf Sunflower, Woodland Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides - Early Sunflower
Liatris aspera - Tall Blazing Star, Tall Gayfeather, Tall Liatris, Rough Blazing Star, Rough Gayfeather,Rough Liatris, Button Snakeroot
Liatris scariosa - Devil's Bite, Large Blazing Star, Large Gayfeather, Large Liatris, Savanna Blazing Star, Savanna Gayfeather, Savanna Liatris
Liatris spicata - Dense Blazing Star, Dense Gayfeather, Dense Liatris, Marsh Blazing Star, Marsh Gayfeather, Marsh Liatris
Lespedeza capitata - Roundhead Lespedeza
Lobelia spicata - Pale-spike Lobelia
Lupinus perennis - Sundial Lupine, Wild Lupine
Lysimachia quadrifolia - Whorled Yellow Loosestrife, Whorled Loosestrife, Prairie Loosestrife
Nuttallanthus canadensis - Blue Toadflax
Monarda didyma - Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Red Bergamot
Oligoneuron rigidum - Stiff Goldenrod
Packera plattensis - Prairie Ragwort
Parthenium Integrifolium - Wild Quinine
Passiflora incarnata - Purple Passion Flower
Penstemon digitalis - Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus - Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus - Eastern Beardtongue
Phacelia purshii - Miami Mist
Phlox paniculata - Garden Phlox
Phlox pilosa - Prairie Phlox
Pycnanthemum verticillatum ver. Pilosum - Hairy Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum - Mountain Mint
Physostegia virginiana - False Obedient Plant
Rudibeckia hirta - Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia tribola - Brown eyed susan
Scrophularia Lanceolata - Lanceleaf Figwort
Sabatia angularis - Rosepink
Solidago flexicaulis - Zig Zag Goldenrod
Solidago juncea - Early Goldenrod
Symphyotrichum cordifolium - Heart Leaved Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum - Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum Laeve - Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - New England Aster
Symphyotrichum shortii - Short’s Aster
Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio Spiderwort
Trichostema dichotomum - Forked Blue Curls
Verbena hastata - Blue Vervain
Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver’s root
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders
Grasses:
Bouteloua curtipendula - Side-Oates Grama
Carex Molesta - Field Oval Sedge
Elymus Canadensis - Canada Wild Rye
Juncus dudleyi - Dudley’s Rush
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Blue Stem
Sphenopholis obtusata - Prairie Wedge Grass
Sporobolus compositus - Rough Dropseed
