Skip to main content
Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses

Common Names Index

Browse all common plant names, including alternate names and synonyms, alphabetically or search for a specific name.

Alphabetical Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

Showing 50 of 1837 names

All Common Names
1837 names
Sandbur
long-spine sandbur
Cenchrus longispinus
Long-stem spike-rush
Long-stem spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris
Primary
Long-style sweet-cicely
Long-style sweet-cicely
Osmorhiza longistylis
Primary
Longspike tridens
Longspike tridens
Tridens strictus
Primary
Lopseed
Lopseed
Phryma leptostachya
Primary
Lotus
Lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Primary
Low milkvetch
Lotus milkvetch
Astragalus lotiflorus
White sage
Louisiana wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
Wood betony
Lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
White sage
Lousiana sagewort
Artemisia ludoviciana
Low hop-clover
Low hop-clover
Trifolium campestre
Primary
Small lupine
low lupine
Lupinus pusillus
Low milkvetch
Low milkvetch
Astragalus lotiflorus
Primary
Purple poppy-mallow
Low poppy mallow
Callirhoe involucrata
Macoun's hedge-bindweed
Macoun's hedge-bindweed
Calystegia macounii
Primary
Maidenhair fern
Maidenhair fern
Adiantum pedatum
Primary
Bigroot morning-glory
Man-of-the-earth
Ipomoea pandurata
May-apple
mandrake
Podophyllum peltatum
Wild alfalfa
many-flower scurf-pea
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Heath aster
many-flowered aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Maple-leaf goosefoot
Maple-leaf goosefoot
Chenopodium simplex
Primary
Horseweed
mare's-tail
Conyza canadensis
Ox-eye daisy
marguerite
Leucanthemum vulgare
Marijuana
Marijuana
Cannabis sativa
Primary
Marsh fern
Marsh fern
Thelypteris palustris
Primary
Marsh-fleabane
Marsh-fleabane
Pluchea odorata
Primary
Rose gentian
marsh-pink
Sabatia angularis
Maryland figwort
Maryland figwort
Scrophularia marilandica
Primary
Wild senna
Maryland senna
Senna marilandica
Massive-spike prairie-clover
Massive-spike prairie-clover
Dalea cylindriceps
Primary
Maximilian sunflower
Maximilian sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
Primary
May-apple
May-apple
Podophyllum peltatum
Primary
May-pop
May-pop
Passiflora incarnata
Primary
Mead's milkweed
Mead's milkweed
Asclepias meadii
Primary
Mead's sedge
Mead's sedge
Carex meadii
Primary
Wild violet
meadow blue violet
Viola nephrophylla
Norton's flax
meadow flax
Linum pratense
Mealy fumewort
Mealy fumewort
Corydalis crystallina
Primary
Michigan lily
Michigan lily
Lilium michiganense
Primary
Midwest agalinis
Midwest agalinis
Agalinis gattingeri
Primary
Mild water-pepper smartweed
Mild water-pepper smartweed
Persicaria hydropiperoides
Primary
Common Milkweed
Milk plant
Asclepias syriaca
Wild bergamot
mint-leaf beebalm
Monarda fistulosa
Missouri evening primrose
Missouri evening primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
Primary
Missouri goldenrod
Missouri goldenrod
Solidago missouriensis
Primary
Missouri gooseberry
Missouri gooseberry
Ribes missouriense
Primary
Missouri milk-vetch
Missouri milk-vetch
Astragalus missouriensis
Primary
Prairie spurge
Missouri spurge
Chamaesyce missurica
Mist flower
Mist flower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Primary
Mock bishop's-weed
Mock bishop's-weed
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Primary