The Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois

Images of Prairie Plants — Genera Beginning with the Letter "O"

  • Oligoneuron album, Solidago ptarmicoides or Aster ptarmicoides (stiff aster, prairie goldenrod. white goldenrod) [Asteraceae or Compositae, Sunflower Family]

  • Oligoneuron ohiense or Solidago ohiense (Ohio goldenrod) [Asteraceae or Compositae, Sunflower Family]

  • Oligoneuron riddellii or Solidago riddellii (Riddell's goldenrod) [Asteraceae or Compositae, Sunflower Family]

  • Oligoneuron rigidum or Solidago rigida (rigid goldenrod) [Asteraceae or Compositae, Sunflower Family]

  • Opuntia fragilis (fragile or brittle prickly pear cactus) [Cactaceae, Cactus Family]
    Listed as ENDANGERED in Illinois

  • Opuntia humifusa (common prickly pear cactus) [Cactaceae, Cactus Family]

  • Opuntia macrorhiza (plains prickly pear cactus) [Cactaceae, Cactus Family

  • Oxalis violacea (purple or violet wood sorrel)
    [Oxalidaceae, Sorrel Family]


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    Created November 1997; updated 25 October 2004