Native plants · Montana
Native Plants of Montana
A few of Montana's best garden natives. Choose any of them to see where it grows and what it needs, or open the Native Plant Finder and enter your ZIP code for the plants recorded in your county.
- 2,105 native plants recorded
- Records in 56 of 57 counties
- USDA hardiness zones 3b to 6a
Wildflowers
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Upright Prairie Coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Forb · Sun · to 3 ft · blooms May–October
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Lithospermum incisum
Forb · Sun · to 1.25 ft · blooms April–June
Photo: Petrified Forest National Park · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Forb · Part Shade, Sun · to 3 ft · blooms April–September
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Canada Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
Forb · Part Shade, Sun · to 6 ft · blooms September–November
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Broadleaf Cattail
Typha latifolia
Forb · Part Shade, Sun · to 10 ft · blooms April–June
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Snowball Sand Verbena
Abronia fragrans
Forb · Part Shade · to 3.25 ft · blooms March–September
Photo: Alex Abair · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Scarlet Gilia
Ipomopsis aggregata
Forb · Part Shade · to 3 ft · blooms August–October
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
Forb · Sun · to 3 ft · blooms August–October
Photo: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Nuttall's Violet
Viola nuttallii
Forb · to 9 in · blooms April–September
Photo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Shrubs
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Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Shrub or subshrub · Part Shade · to 8 ft · blooms April–October
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Mountain Snowberry
Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Shrub or subshrub · Part Shade · to 12 ft · blooms May–August
Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Shrub or subshrub, Forb · Part Shade · to 3 ft · blooms August–November
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
Shrub or subshrub, Dwarf or creeping shrub · Part Shade, Sun · to 3 ft · blooms June–July
Photo: Denis.prévôt · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana
Shrub or subshrub, Forb · Sun · to 4 ft · blooms July–October
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Prairie Sagewort
Artemisia frigida
Shrub or subshrub, Dwarf or creeping shrub · Sun · to 1.5 ft · blooms June–August
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
Trees
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Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Shrub or subshrub, Tree · Shade, Part Shade, Sun · to 30 ft · blooms April–July
Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Tree · Shade, Part Shade, Sun · to 180 ft · blooms February–April
Photo: Wil540 art · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Tree · Shade, Part Shade, Sun · to 75 ft · blooms April–June
Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Tree · Shade, Part Shade, Sun · to 100 ft · blooms March–June
Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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American Elm
Ulmus americana
Tree · Part Shade, Sun · to 100 ft · blooms February–April
Photo: cultivar413 · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
Grasses and sedges
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Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Grass or grass-like (graminoid) · Part Shade, Sun · to 10 ft · blooms August–November
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Grass or grass-like (graminoid) · Sun · to 2 ft · blooms July–October
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America · CC BY · Wikimedia Commons
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Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Grass or grass-like (graminoid) · Part Shade, Sun · to 3 ft · blooms June–November
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Grass or grass-like (graminoid) · Part Shade, Sun · to 7 ft · blooms June–December
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA · Wikimedia Commons
Plant records as of 2026-09-30.
About this data
“Native” means the USDA lists the plant as native to the region, and it has been recorded in this state. Records come from USDA PLANTS county and state data.
Why some counties look empty. A county with few or no records usually hasn't been surveyed much — it doesn't mean few plants grow there. Try a neighboring county or the whole state.
Rare plants. County locations of rare and at-risk plants are withheld, and they are never featured here, to protect them.
Safety. Hazard data is incomplete. Check a plant's safety notes in the tool before planting where children or pets play.
Data: USDA PLANTS · U.S. Census Bureau · Powered by Flora API →