A listing of sunny-site perennials that are native to Pennyslvania
Perennials for sunny sites, dry soils, 4.0 - 5.5 pH
Note: all listed species are native to Pennsylvania. Plants listed are commonly available; this is not a comprehensive list of plants for sunny dry areas. See a comprehensive list of sun perennials.
| Latin | Common | Notes | Indic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctostaphalos uva-ursi | Bearberry | Sun to part sun in very well drained dry openings and ledges, northeastern and northwestern counties, very rare, endangered | FAC |
| Arnoglossum atriplicifolium | Pale Indian Plantain | 5-7 pH shade to part shade in open woods, fields and moist banks, throughout | NI |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | 5-7.5 full sun, common in dry fields, roadsides, waste ground, throughout | FACU- |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed | Common in dry fields, roadsides, shale barrens, sun to part sun, mostly central to southern counties | NI |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed | 4.8-to 6.8 pH, full sun in dry, rocky or sandy soils or barrens, mostly southeastern and south-central counties | NI |
| Camassia scilloides | Wild Hyacinth | 5-7 pH, part sun to part shade, moist woods, western counties, endangered | FAC |
| Eurybia spectabilis | Showy Aster | Part sun to part shade in sandy woods and rocky outcrops, southeastern counties | NI |
| Ionactis linariifolius | Stiff Aster | Part sun to part shade in dry rocky woods and woods edges, mostly eastern counties | NI |
| Leiophyllum buxifolium | Sand Myrtle | Very rare in sunny, rocky places; evergreen shrub, Monroe, possibly extirpated | FACU- |
| Silphium trifoliatum | Rosinweed | 6-7 pH, sun to part sun along roadsides, in dry fields and meadows, mostly south central and western counties | NI |
| Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag Golden Rod | Part sun to part shade, moist woods, rocky woody slopes, throughout | FACU |
| Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod | 5.5-7 sun to part sun in fields, thickets, calcarous soils, scattered in eastern and central countiest | UPL |
| Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Aster | Sun to part shade, dry woods, rocky ledges and roadsides, throughout | UPL |
| Viola pedata | Birds Foot | Part sun to part shade, sandy or rocky barrens, or dry forest slopes, mostly southeast and south central counties | NI |