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Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses

Common Names Index

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Showing 50 of 1837 names

All Common Names
1837 names
Purple ground cherry
plains Chinese lantern
Quincula lobata
Low hop-clover
plains clover
Trifolium campestre
Plains coreopsis
Plains coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
Primary
Cottonwood
Plains cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Bicknell's frostweed
plains frostweed
Crocanthemum bicknellii
Plains hymenoxys
Plains hymenoxys
Tetraneuris scaposa
Primary
Plains ironweed
Plains ironweed
Vernonia marginata
Primary
Prairie larkspur
plains larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum
Plains milkweed
Plains milkweed
Asclepias pumila
Primary
Plains muhly
Plains muhly
Muhlenbergia cuspidata
Primary
Plains prickly pear
Plains prickly pear
Opuntia macrorhiza
Primary
Plains sedge
Plains sedge
Carex inops
Primary
Plains spring-parsley
Plains spring-parsley
Cymopterus acaulis
Primary
Plains sunflower
Plains sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris
Primary
Plains wild indigo
Plains wild indigo
Baptisia bracteata
Primary
Plains hymenoxys
plains yellow daisy
Tetraneuris scaposa
Serrate-leaf evening primrose
Plains yellow primrose
Oenothera serrulata
Rocky Mountain zinnia
Plains zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
Platte River milk-vetch
Platte River ground-plum
Astragalus plattensis
Platte River milk-vetch
Platte River milk-vetch
Astragalus plattensis
Primary
Pleat-leaf knotweed
Pleat-leaf knotweed
Polygonum tenue
Primary
Butterfly milkweed
pleurisy root
Asclepias tuberosa
Narrow-leaf blue-eyed grass
pointed blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Large-flowered tickclover
pointed-leaf ticktrefoil
Hylodesmum glutinosum
Poison hemlock
Poison hemlock
Conium maculatum
Primary
Poison ivy
Poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
Primary
Poison milkweed
Poison milkweed
Asclepias subverticillata
Primary
Water hemlock
poison parsnip
Cicuta maculata
Pokeweed
pokeberry
Phytolacca americana
Pokeweed
Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
Primary
Scarlet pimpernel
Poor-man's-weatherglass
Anagallis arvensis
Rough buttonweed
poorjoe
Diodia teres
Bottle-brush sedge
Porcupine sedge
Carex hystericina
Porcupinegrass
Porcupinegrass
Hesperostipa spartea
Primary
Field bindweed
possession vine
Convolvulus arvensis
Deciduous holly
possum-haw
Ilex decidua
Post oak
Post oak
Quercus stellata
Primary
Potato dandelion
Potato dandelion
Krigia dandelion
Primary
Western horse-nettle
potato-weed
Solanum dimidiatum
Poverty oatgrass
Poverty oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
Primary
American basket-flower
powderpuff thistle
Plectocephalus americanus
Powdery cloak fern
Powdery cloak fern
Argyrochosma dealbata
Primary
Prairie blackberry
Prairie blackberry
Rubus laudatus
Primary
Prairie blanket-flower
Prairie blanket-flower
Gaillardia aestivalis
Primary
Thickspike gayfeather
prairie blazing star
Liatris pycnostachya
Wild violet
prairie blue violet
Viola nephrophylla
White-eyed grass
prairie blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
Prairie bulrush
Prairie bulrush
Schoenoplectus maritimus
Primary
Ratany
prairie bur
Krameria lanceolata
Prairie camas
Prairie camas
Camassia angusta
Primary