Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie. The Upper Midwest. 2nd ed. 2009. 131 col. photogr. XVIII. 283 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Originally published in 1989, the book introduced many naturalists to the beauty and diversity of the native plants of the huge grasslands that once stretched from Manitoba to Texas. Now redesigned with updated names and all-new photographs. Each species account is accompanied by a full-page color photograph. The authors provide common, scientific, and family names; the Latin or Greek meaning of the scientific names; habitat and blooming times; and a complete description of plant, flower, and fruit. Particularly interesting is the information on the many ways in which Native Americans and early pioneers used these plants for everything from pain relief to dyes to hairbrushes.