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Rare Plants in Minnesota

This is not a complete list, but we're working on it! To learn more about rare species in Minnesota, visit the MN Department of Natural Resources Rare Species Guide.

Number of results: 254

Achillea alpinaSiberian Yarrow
(Threatened)
Achnatherum hymenoidesIndian Rice Grass
(Endangered)
Adlumia fungosaAllegheny Vine
(Special Concern)
Agalinis auriculataEarleaf False Foxglove
(Endangered)
Agalinis gattingeriRound-stemmed False Foxglove
(Endangered)
Alisma gramineumNarrow-leaved Water Plantain
(Special Concern)
Allium cernuumNodding Wild Onion
(Special Concern)
Allium schoenoprasumWild Chives
(Endangered)
Ammophila breviligulataAmerican Beach Grass
(Threatened)
Androsace septentrionalisNorthern Androsace
(Special Concern)
Antennaria parvifoliaSmall-leaved Pussytoes
(Special Concern)
Arisaema dracontiumGreen Dragon
(Special Concern)
Aristida longespicaSlimspike Three-awn
(Endangered)
Aristida purpureaPurple Three-awn
(Special Concern)
Aristida tuberculosaSeaside Three-awn
(Threatened)
Arnica lonchophyllaLong-leaf Arnica
(Threatened)
Arnoglossum plantagineumTuberous Indian Plantain
(Threatened)
Arnoglossum reniformeGreat Indian Plantain
(Threatened)
Asclepias amplexicaulisClasping Milkweed
(Threatened)
Asclepias hirtellaPrairie Milkweed
(Threatened)
Asclepias stenophyllaNarrow-leaved Milkweed
(Endangered)
Asclepias sullivantiiSullivant's Milkweed
(Threatened)
Asplenium platyneuronEbony Spleenwort
(Special Concern)
Asplenium trichomanesMaidenhair Spleenwort
(Threatened)
Astragalus alpinusAlpine Milkvetch
(Endangered)
Astragalus flexuosusSlender Milkvetch
(Special Concern)
Astragalus missouriensisMissouri Milkvetch
(Special Concern)
Aureolaria pediculariaFern-leaf False Foxglove
(Threatened)
Avenula hookeriSpike-oat
(Special Concern)
Bacopa rotundifoliaWater-hyssop
(Threatened)
Baptisia lacteaWhite Wild Indigo
(Special Concern)
Baptisia leucophaeaPlains Wild Indigo
(Special Concern)
Bartonia virginicaYellow Bartonia
(Endangered)
Berula erectaCut-leaf Water Parsnip
(Threatened)
Besseya bulliiKittentails
(Threatened)
Bidens discoideaDiscoid Beggarticks
(Special Concern)
Bistorta viviparaAlpine Bistort
(Threatened)
Boechera collinsiiCollins' Rock Cress
(Threatened)
Boechera laevigataSmooth Rock Cress
(Special Concern)
Botrychium angustisegmentumNarrow Triangle Moonwort
(Threatened)
Buchloe dactyloidesBuffalo Grass
(Special Concern)
Calamagrostis montanensisPlains Reedgrass
(Special Concern)
Calamagrostis purpurascensPurple Reedgrass
(Endangered)
Caltha natansFloating Marsh Marigold
(Endangered)
Cardamine pratensisCuckoo Flower
(Threatened)
Carex annectensYellow-fruit Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex careyanaCarey's Sedge
(Endangered)
Carex conjunctaSoft Fox Sedge
(Threatened)
Carex davisiiDavis' Sedge
(Threatened)
Carex exilisCoastal Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex flavaYellow Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex formosaHandsome Sedge
(Endangered)
Carex garberiElk Sedge
(Threatened)
Carex grayiGray's Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex halliiHall's Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex hookeranaHooker's Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex jamesiiJames' Sedge
(Threatened)
Carex laevivaginataSmooth-sheathed Sedge
(Threatened)
Carex laxiculmisSpreading Sedge
(Threatened)
Carex mediaIntermediate Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex michauxianaMichaux's Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex muskingumensisMuskingum Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex novae-angliaeNew England Sedge
(Threatened)
Carex obtusataBlunt Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex ormostachyaNecklace Spike Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex pallescensPale Sedge
(Endangered)
Carex plantagineaPlantain-leaved Sedge
(Endangered)
Carex praticolaNorthern Meadow Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex rossiiRoss' Sedge
(Threatened)
Carex scirpoideaNorthern Single-spike Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex sterilisSterile Sedge
(Threatened)
Carex typhinaCattail Sedge
(Special Concern)
Carex xeranticaWhitescale Sedge
(Special Concern)
Castilleja septentrionalisNorthern Paintbrush
(Endangered)
Chrysosplenium iowenseIowa Golden Saxifrage
(Endangered)
Cirsium pumilum var. hilliiHill's Thistle
(Special Concern)
Cladium mariscoidesSmooth Sawgrass
(Special Concern)
Commelina erectaSlender Dayflower
(Endangered)
Coryphantha viviparaPincushion Cactus
(Endangered)
Crataegus douglasiiBlack Hawthorn
(Special Concern)
Crocanthemum canadenseCanada Frostweed
(Special Concern)
Crotalaria sagittalisRattlebox
(Special Concern)
Cubelium concolorEastern Green Violet
(Endangered)
Cyperus acuminatusTapertip Flatsedge
(Threatened)
Cypripedium arietinumRam's-head Lady's-slipper
(Threatened)
Cypripedium candidumSmall White Lady's-slipper
(Special Concern)
Decodon verticillatusSwamp Loosestrife
(Special Concern)
Deparia acrostichoidesSilvery Spleenwort
(Special Concern)
Deschampsia flexuosaWavy Hairgrass
(Threatened)
Desmanthus illinoensisPrairie Mimosa
(Special Concern)
Desmodium cuspidatumLarge-bract Tick-trefoil
(Threatened)
Desmodium nudiflorumNaked-flower Tick-trefoil
(Threatened)
Diarrhena obovataObovate Beakgrain
(Endangered)
Dicentra canadensisSquirrel Corn
(Special Concern)
Dodecatheon meadiaPrairie Shooting Star
(Endangered)
Draba arabisansRock Whitlow-grass
(Special Concern)
Draba canaHoary Whitlow-grass
(Endangered)
Drosera anglicaEnglish Sundew
(Special Concern)
Drosera linearisLinear-leaved Sundew
(Special Concern)
Dryopteris goldianaGoldie's Fern
(Special Concern)
Dryopteris marginalisMarginal Shield Fern
(Endangered)
Eleocharis flavescensBright Green Spikerush
(Threatened)
Eleocharis nitidaNeat Spikerush
(Special Concern)
Eleocharis quinquefloraFew-flowered Spikerush
(Special Concern)
Eleocharis robbinsiiRobbins' Spikerush
(Threatened)
Eleocharis rostellataBeaked Spikerush
(Threatened)
Eleocharis wolfiiWolf's Spikerush
(Endangered)
Empetrum nigrumBlack Crowberry
(Endangered)
Erigeron acrisBitter Fleabane
(Endangered)
Eryngium yuccifoliumRattlesnake Master
(Special Concern)
Erythronium propullansDwarf Trout Lily
(Endangered)
Eupatorium sessilifoliumUpland Boneset
(Threatened)
Euphrasia hudsonianaHudson Bay Eyebright
(Special Concern)
Fimbristylis autumnalisSlender Fimbry
(Special Concern)
Floerkea proserpinacoidesFalse Mermaid
(Threatened)
Gaillardia aristataBlanketflower
(Special Concern)
Gaylussacia baccataBlack Huckleberry
(Threatened)
Gentiana affinisPleated Gentian
(Special Concern)
Gymnocarpium robertianumNorthern Oak Fern
(Special Concern)
Gymnocladus dioicusKentucky Coffee Tree
(Special Concern)
Hamamelis virginianaWitch Hazel
(Threatened)
Hammarbya paludosaBog Adder's-mouth
(Endangered)
Hasteola suaveolensSweet-smelling Indian Plantain
(Endangered)
Helianthus nuttalliiNuttall's Sunflower
(Special Concern)
Heteranthera limosaBlue Mud Plantain
(Threatened)
Homalosorus pycnocarposNarrow-leaved Spleenwort
(Threatened)
Hudsonia tomentosaBeach Heather
(Threatened)
Huperzia appressaAppalachian Firmoss
(Special Concern)
Huperzia porophilaRock Firmoss
(Threatened)
Hydrastis canadensisGolden Seal
(Endangered)
Hydrocotyle americanaAmerican Water Pennywort
(Special Concern)
Iodanthus pinnatifidusPurple Rocket
(Endangered)
Isoetes melanopodaPrairie Quillwort
(Endangered)
Jeffersonia diphyllaTwinleaf
(Special Concern)
Juglans cinereaButternut
(Endangered)
Juncus articulatusJointed Rush
(Endangered)
Juncus marginatusGrassleaf Rush
(Endangered)
Juncus stygiusBog Rush
(Special Concern)
Juniperus horizontalisCreeping Juniper
(Special Concern)
Lechea tenuifoliaNarrowleaf Pinweed
(Endangered)
Leersia lenticularisCatchfly Grass
(Threatened)
Lespedeza leptostachyaPrairie Bush Clover
(Threatened)
Limosella aquaticaMudwort
(Special Concern)
Littorella americanaAmerican Shoreweed
(Special Concern)
Luzula parvifloraSmall-flowered Woodrush
(Threatened)
Lysimachia quadrifoliaWhorled Loosestrife
(Special Concern)
Malaxis monophyllosWhite Adder's-mouth
(Special Concern)
Marsilea vestitaHairy Water Clover
(Endangered)
Melica nitensThree-flowered Melic
(Threatened)
Minuartia dawsonensisRock Sandwort
(Threatened)
Moehringia macrophyllaLarge-leaved Sandwort
(Threatened)
Montia chamissoiWater Minerslettuce
(Endangered)
Muhlenbergia unifloraBog Muhly
(Special Concern)
Najas gracillimaSlender Waternymph
(Special Concern)
Najas guadalupensisSouthern Waternymph
(Special Concern)
Najas marinaSpiny Naiad
(Special Concern)
Napaea dioicaGlade Mallow
(Threatened)
Neottia auriculataAuricled Twayblade
(Endangered)
Nuttallanthus canadensisOld-field Toadflax
(Special Concern)
Nymphaea leibergiiSmall White Water-lily
(Threatened)
Oenothera rhombipetalaFourpoint Evening Primrose
(Special Concern)
Opuntia macrorhizaPlains Prickly Pear
(Special Concern)
Orobanche fasciculataClustered Broomrape
(Threatened)
Orobanche ludovicianaLouisiana Broomrape
(Threatened)
Orobanche unifloraOne-flowered Broomrape
(Threatened)
Oxytropis borealis var. viscidaSticky Locoweed
(Endangered)
Packera canaWoolly Groundsel
(Endangered)
Packera indecoraElegant Groundsel
(Endangered)
Panax quinquefoliusAmerican Ginseng
(Special Concern)
Paronychia canadensisSmooth Forked Nailwort
(Endangered)
Parthenium integrifoliumWild Quinine
(Endangered)
Pellaea atropurpureaPurple Cliff Brake
(Special Concern)
Persicaria careyiCarey's Smartweed
(Special Concern)
Phacelia frankliniiFranklin's Phacelia
(Threatened)
Phegopteris hexagonopteraBroad Beech Fern
(Endangered)
Phemeranthus rugospermusRough-seeded Fameflower
(Threatened)
Phlox maculataWild Sweet William
(Special Concern)
Physaria ludovicianaBladderpod
(Endangered)
Pinguicula vulgarisButterwort
(Special Concern)
Piptatherum canadenseCanadian Rice Grass
(Threatened)
Plagiobothrys scouleriSleeping Popcornflower
(Special Concern)
Plantago elongataSlender Plantain
(Special Concern)
Platanthera clavellataSmall Green Wood Orchid
(Special Concern)
Platanthera flava var. herbiolaTubercled Rein Orchid
(Threatened)
Platanthera praeclaraWestern Prairie Fringed Orchid
(Endangered)
Poa paludigenaBog Bluegrass
(Threatened)
Polanisia jamesiiJames' Polanisia
(Endangered)
Polemonium lacustreGreat Lakes Jacob's Ladder
(Endangered)
Polygala cruciataCross-leaved Milkwort
(Endangered)
Polystichum acrostichoidesChristmas Fern
(Endangered)
Polystichum brauniiBraun's Holly Fern
(Threatened)
Polytaenia nuttalliiPrairie Parsley
(Special Concern)
Potamogeton oakesianusOakes' Pondweed
(Endangered)
Prosartes trachycarpaRough-fruited Fairybells
(Endangered)
Psoralidium tenuiflorumSlenderleaf Scurfpea
(Endangered)
Pyrola minorSmall Shinleaf
(Special Concern)
Quercus bicolorSwamp White Oak
(Special Concern)
Ranunculus lapponicusLapland Buttercup
(Special Concern)
Rhodiola integrifolia subsp. leedyiLeedy's Roseroot
(Endangered)
Rhynchospora capillaceaNeedle Beaksedge
(Threatened)
Rorippa sessilifloraStalkless Yellow-cress
(Special Concern)
Rotala ramosiorToothcup
(Threatened)
Rubus chamaemorusCloudberry
(Threatened)
Rubus multiferKinnickinnick Dewberry
(Special Concern)
Rubus stipulatusBig Horseshoe Lake Bristleberry
(Endangered)
Rudbeckia trilobaBrown-eyed Susan
(Threatened)
Ruellia humilisWild Petunia
(Special Concern)
Sagina nodosaKnotty Pearlwort
(Endangered)
Sagittaria brevirostraShort-beaked Arrowhead
(Endangered)
Sagittaria montevidensis subsp. calycinaHooded Arrowhead
(Threatened)
Salicornia rubraRed Saltwort
(Threatened)
Salix maccallianaMaccalla's Willow
(Special Concern)
Salix pellitaSatiny Willow
(Threatened)
Salix pseudomonticolaFalse Mountain Willow
(Special Concern)
Sanicula trifoliataBeaked Snakeroot
(Special Concern)
Saxifraga paniculataEncrusted Saxifrage
(Special Concern)
Scleria triglomerataWhip Nutrush
(Endangered)
Scleria verticillataWhorled Nutrush
(Threatened)
Scutellaria ovataHeart-leaved Skullcap
(Threatened)
Shepherdia canadensisCanada Buffaloberry
(Special Concern)
Shinnersoseris rostrataAnnual Skeletonweed
(Threatened)
Silene drummondiiDrummond's Campion
(Special Concern)
Silene niveaSnowy Campion
(Threatened)
Solidago mollisVelvety Goldenrod
(Special Concern)
Spiranthes caseiCase's Ladies'-tresses
(Threatened)
Stellaria longipesLong-stalk Starwort
(Special Concern)
Sullivantia sullivantiiSullivant's Coolwort
(Threatened)
Symphyotrichum shortiiShort's Aster
(Special Concern)
Taenidia integerrimaYellow Pimpernel
(Special Concern)
Tephrosia virginianaGoat's-rue
(Special Concern)
Thaspium barbinodeHairy-jointed Meadow Parsnip
(Special Concern)
Tofieldia pusillaSmall False Asphodel
(Endangered)
Trichophorum clintoniiClinton's Bulrush
(Threatened)
Trillium nivaleSnow Trillium
(Special Concern)
Triplasis purpureaPurple Sandgrass
(Special Concern)
Trisetum spicatumSpike Trisetum
(Special Concern)
Tsuga canadensisEastern Hemlock
(Endangered)
Utricularia geminiscapaHidden-fruit Bladderwort
(Threatened)
Utricularia purpureaPurple-flowered Bladderwort
(Endangered)
Utricularia resupinataLavender Bladderwort
(Threatened)
Vaccinium uliginosumAlpine Bilberry
(Endangered)
Valeriana edulisEdible Valerian
(Threatened)
Verbena simplexNarrow-leaved Vervain
(Special Concern)
Viola lanceolataLance-leaved Violet
(Threatened)
Viola nuttalliiYellow Prairie Violet
(Threatened)
Vitis aestivalisSummer Grape
(Threatened)
Waldsteinia fragarioidesBarren Strawberry
(Special Concern)
Woodsia alpinaAlpine Woodsia
(Threatened)
Woodsia glabellaSmooth Woodsia
(Threatened)
Woodsia oreganaOregon Woodsia
(Special Concern)
Woodsia scopulinaRocky Mountain Woodsia
(Threatened)
Xanthisma spinulosumCutleaf Ironplant
(Special Concern)
Xyris montanaNorthern Yellow-eyed Grass
(Special Concern)
Xyris tortaTwisted Yellow-eyed Grass
(Endangered)