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Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses

Common Names Index

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Showing 50 of 1837 names

All Common Names
1837 names
Pendant bulrush
nodding bulrush
Scirpus pendulus
Nodding beggar-ticks
nodding bur-marigold
Bidens cernua
Giant foxtail
nodding foxtail
Setaria faberi
Nodding green violet
Nodding green violet
Hybanthus verticillatus
Primary
Lady's tresses
nodding ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes cernua
Nodding lizard's-tail
Nodding lizard's-tail
Saururus cernuus
Primary
Musk Thistle
Nodding thistle
Carduus nutans
Northern catalpa
Northern catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
Primary
Fog fruit
northern fogfruit
Lippia lanceolata
Maidenhair fern
Northern maidenhair
Adiantum pedatum
Red oak
Northern red oak
Quercus rubra
Norton's flax
Norton's flax
Linum pratense
Primary
Notch-bract waterleaf
Notch-bract waterleaf
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
Primary
Nuttall's death camass
Nuttall's death camass
Toxicoscordion nuttallii
Primary
Nuttall's evolvulus
Nuttall's evolvulus
Evolvulus nuttallianus
Primary
Mock bishop's-weed
Nuttall's mock bishop's-weed
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Nuttall's stonecrop
Nuttall's stonecrop
Sedum nuttalli
Primary
Nuttall's yellow violet
Nuttall's yellow violet
Viola nuttallii
Primary
Common spiderwort
Ohio spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
Oklahoma phlox
Oklahoma phlox
Phlox oklahomensis
Primary
Old plainsman
Old plainsman
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
Primary
Fragrant cudweed
old-field balsam
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Old-field cinquefoil
Old-field cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex
Primary
Old-field cinquefoil
old-field five-fingers
Potentilla simplex
Gray goldenrod
Old-field goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Prairie threeawn
oldfield three-awn
Aristida oligantha
One-flower Indian-pipe
One-flower Indian-pipe
Monotropa uniflora
Primary
One-flowered broomrape
One-flowered broomrape
Orobanche uniflora
Primary
One-seed croton
One-seed croton
Croton monanthogynus
Primary
Orchard grass
Orchard grass
Dactylis glomerata
Primary
Winged burningbush
Oriental spindle-tree
Euonymus alatus
Osage orange
Osage orange
Maclura pomifera
Primary
Oval-leaf bladderpod
Oval-leaf bladderpod
Physaria ovalifolia
Primary
Ox-eye
Ox-eye
Heliopsis helianthoides
Primary
Ox-eye daisy
Ox-eye daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Primary
Ozark milk-vetch
Ozark milk-vetch
Astragalus distortus
Primary
Ozark trillium
Ozark trillium
Trillium viridescens
Primary
Indian paintbrush
painted cup
Castilleja coccinea
Fire-on-the-mountain
painted euphorbia
Euphorbia cyathophora
Fire-on-the-mountain
painted-leaf spurge
Euphorbia cyathophora
Bastard toadflax
pale comandra
Comandra umbellata
Pale dock
Pale dock
Rumex altissimus
Primary
Pale dogwood
Pale dogwood
Cornus amomum
Primary
Pale purple coneflower
pale echinacea
Echinacea pallida
Pale evening primrose
Pale evening primrose
Oenothera albicaulis
Primary
Mountain evening-primrose
Pale evening-primrose
Oenothera latifolia
Pale Indian plantain
Pale Indian plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Primary
Pale poppy mallow
Pale poppy mallow
Callirhoe alcaeoides
Primary
Pale purple coneflower
Pale purple coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Primary
Pale smartweed
Pale smartweed
Persicaria lapathifolia
Primary