A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 4, 2020, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Hot Property: A Prairie Flower With a Fiery Nature.

Sometimes the best way to kindle a romance is with actual fire. After tracking flowers on a prairie in Minnesota for 21 years, scientists reported this week that the plants reproduce more ...

Small green sprouts will pop their heads up across the charred landscape in just a few days. Within a few weeks, the prairie is lush and green again, and the burned areas are virtually undetectable.

Prairie coneflower has composite blooms, meaning that the center “cone” is actually a mass of many flowers; making it highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.

Reseeding and replanting of native prairie species has taken place on several occasions. "The prairie was beautiful 10 years ago, but it's kind of been let go," Minister said in November.