Verbesina helianthoides or Actinomeris helianthoides (yellow crownbeard or yellow wingstem) [Asteraceae or Compositae, Sunflower Family]
Vernonia fasciculata (common or prairie ironweed) [Asteraceae or Compositae, Sunflower Family]
Vernonia missurica (Missouri ironweed) [Asteraceae or Compositae, Sunflower Family]
Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's root) [Scrophulariaceae, Figwort Family]
- habitat of plant; Gensburg-Markham Prairie Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois
- habit of plant in flower; same locality
- habit of vigorus plant in flower; Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, McLean County, Illinois
- whorled leaves starting to turn color in autumn; cultivated plant at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
- tip of stem and leaves of forma villosum, which has the lower leaf surfaces densely covered with long, white hairs; Don Gardner Prairie Restoration, Ford County, Illinois
- leaves of forma villosum, the lower surfaces densely covered with long, white hairs; Don Gardner Prairie Restoration, Ford County, Illinois
- several inflorescences; Gensburg-Markham Prairie
- closeup of inflorescence; same locality
- macro of one branch of inflorescence
- macro of flowers, those on left in longitudinal section — Note that each flower only has two stamens
- habit of plant in fruit; Ojibway Prairie, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- macro of fruits — each flower produces a single dry capsule; many of these capsules are shown here on the fruiting branches
- Click here for a distribution map in Illinois from the Illinois Plant Information Network
Viola lanceolata var. vittata (lance-leafed violet or bog white violet) [Violaceae, Violet Family]
Viola nephrophylla (northern blue violet or northern bog violet) [Violaceae, Violet Family]
Viola pedata (bird's foot violet) [Violaceae, Violet Family]
- habitat, sand prairie; Henry Allan Gleason Nature Preserve, Mason County, Illinois
- habitat, sand savanna; Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve, Will County, Illinois
- several plants in flower
- habit of plant in flower; same locality
- another plant in flower; Henry Allan Gleason Nature Preserve, Mason County, Illinois
- flowers; Savanna Army Depot / Lost Mound area, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
- macro of flower in face view
- macro of flower in longitudinal section
- bicolored form; Robinson Hill Prairie Nature Preserve, Peoria County, Illinois
- habit of plant in fruit; Harlem Hills Nature Preserve, Winnebago County, Illinois
- macro of fruits
- seeds
- plant in October; Savanna Army Depot / Lost Mound area, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
- Click here for a distribution map in Illinois from the Illinois Plant Information Network
Viola pedatifida prairie violet) [Violaceae, Violet Family]
Alphabetical by Genus:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Back to the start of Images of Prairie Plants
Back to The Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois
Ken Robertson's homepage
Created November 1997; updated 25 October 2004