South Dakota
Plants for South Dakota
26 plants, from drought-tolerant lists and native lists held for South Dakota.
Drought-tolerant means established, and in a normal year; native is a claim about a range, and ranges have edges.
Plants named by lists held for South Dakota
- anise hyssop Agastache foeniculum
- aromatic aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
- big bluestem Andropogon gerardii
- black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa
- black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
- blue grama Bouteloua gracilis
- butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa
- chokecherry Prunus virginiana
- dotted gayfeather Liatris punctata
- elderberry Sambucus canadensis
- foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
- heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides
- leadplant Amorpha canescens
- little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
- narrow-leaf purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia
- prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
- prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha
- purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea
- purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea
- red twig dogwood Cornus sericea
- saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia
- showy goldenrod Solidago speciosa
- snowberry Symphoricarpos albus
- swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata
- wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa
- wild columbine Aquilegia canadensis
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anise hyssop Agastache foeniculum
perennial
- Drought-tolerant Drought tolerant
- Native Native
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
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aromatic aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
perennial
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
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Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. big bluestem Andropogon gerardii
grass
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
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black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa
shrub
- Native Native Range: Eastern North America
- Native Native
Zones 3 to 8
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
perennial
- Drought-tolerant drought tolerant
- Native Native: native to great plains or rocky mountain region (the page's own key for “– native”)
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. blue grama Bouteloua gracilis
grass
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa
perennial
- Drought-tolerant Drought tolerant
- Native Native Range: Eastern and southern United States
- Native Native
- Native Native
Zones 3 to 9
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. chokecherry Prunus virginiana
tree
- Drought-tolerant very drought tolerant
- Native Native Range: North America
- Native Native
Zones 2 to 7
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dotted gayfeather Liatris punctata
perennial
- Drought-tolerant Tolerant of drought
- Native Native: native to great plains or rocky mountain region (the page's own key for “– native”)
- Native Native
- Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native forbs recommended for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)
Zones not recorded
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elderberry Sambucus canadensis
shrub
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
perennial
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides
perennial
- Drought-tolerant Tolerant of drought
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
leadplant Amorpha canescens
shrub
- Drought-tolerant Drought tolerant
- Native Native
- Native Native
- Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native shrubs that we recommend for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)
Zones not recorded
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
grass
- Native Native Range: Eastern North America
- Native Native
Zones 3 to 9
-
narrow-leaf purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia
perennial
- Drought-tolerant Tolerates drought
- Native Native: native to great plains or rocky mountain region (the page's own key for “– native”)
- Native Native
- Native Native
- Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native forbs recommended for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)
Zones not recorded
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Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
grass
- Native Native Range: North America
- Native Native
Zones 3 to 9
-
prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha
grass
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea
perennial
- Drought-tolerant drought tolerant
- Native Native Range: Eastern and central North America
- Native Native
- Native narrowleaf coneflower entry: SDSU (2025): narrowleaf coneflower is the only coneflower native to South Dakota — purple coneflower is not
Zones 3 to 8
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea
perennial
- Drought-tolerant Drought tolerant
- Native Native
- Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native forbs recommended for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)
Zones not recorded
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. red twig dogwood Cornus sericea
shrub
- Native Native Range: North America
- Native Plants with Altitude: regionally native shrubs that we recommend for Wyoming gardens (Plants with Altitude)
- Native Native
Zones 3 to 7
-
saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia
shrub
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
showy goldenrod Solidago speciosa
perennial
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
snowberry Symphoricarpos albus
shrub
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata
perennial
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa
perennial
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
-
Generated image, not a photograph of any yard or of any yard's stock. wild columbine Aquilegia canadensis
perennial
- Native Native
- Native Native
Zones not recorded
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Nurseries that carry this kind of stock
Listed in South Dakota: Aspen Ridge Lawn & Landscape LLC Rapid City. Set your area and the nearest come first, by distance and never by price. What any of them has today is theirs to answer. Every yard, by state.