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Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses

Common Names Index

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Alphabetical Index
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Showing 50 of 1837 names

All Common Names
1837 names
Prairie irid
prairie celestial lily
Nemastylis geminiflora
Prairie coneflower
Prairie coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Primary
Prairie cordgrass
Prairie cordgrass
Spartina pectinata
Primary
Wild crabapple
Prairie crabapple
Malus ioensis
Prairie cupgrass
Prairie cupgrass
Eriochloa contracta
Primary
Prairie dandelion
Prairie dandelion
Nothocalais cuspidata
Primary
Indian hemp dogbane
prairie dogbane
Apocynum cannabinum
Fetid marigold
prairie dogweed
Dyssodia papposa
Prairie dropseed
Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
Primary
Pale evening primrose
Prairie evening primrose
Oenothera albicaulis
Prairie fameflower
Prairie fameflower
Phemeranthus parviflorus
Primary
Prairie fawn-lily
Prairie fawn-lily
Erythronium mesochoreum
Primary
Prairie fameflower
prairie flameflower
Phemeranthus parviflorus
Prairie blanket-flower
Prairie gaillardia
Gaillardia aestivalis
Prairie gentian
Prairie gentian
Eustoma exaltatum
Primary
Downy gentian
prairie gentian
Gentiana puberulenta
Primary
Gray goldenrod
prairie goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Missouri goldenrod
prairie goldenrod
Solidago missouriensis
Prairie ground-cherry
Prairie ground-cherry
Physalis pumila
Primary
Prairie groundsel
Prairie groundsel
Packera plattensis
Primary
Prairie irid
Prairie irid
Nemastylis geminiflora
Primary
Prairie irid
Prairie iris
Nemastylis geminiflora
Prairie ironweed
Prairie ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
Primary
Prairie larkspur
Prairie larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum
Primary
Prairie lespedeza
Prairie lespedeza
Lespedeza violacea
Primary
Michigan lily
prairie lily
Lilium michiganense
Prairie milkweed
Prairie milkweed
Asclepias hirtella
Primary
Pink wild onion
prairie onion
Allium stellatum
Prairie parsley
Prairie parsley
Polytaenia nuttallii
Primary
Prairie pepper-grass
Prairie pepper-grass
Lepidium densiflorum
Primary
Fringe-leaf ruellia
prairie petunia
Ruellia humilis
Prairie phlox
Prairie phlox
Phlox pilosa
Primary
Breadroot scurf-pea
prairie potato
Pediomelum esculentum
Prairie groundsel
prairie ragwort
Packera plattensis
Prairie rose
Prairie rose
Rosa setigera
Primary
Prairie rose-gentian
Prairie rose-gentian
Sabatia campestris
Primary
Prairie sandreed
Prairie sandreed
Calamovilfa longifolia
Primary
Plains sedge
Prairie sedge
Carex inops
Prairie spiderwort
Prairie spiderwort
Tradescantia occidentalis
Primary
Prairie spurge
Prairie spurge
Chamaesyce missurica
Primary
One-seed croton
Prairie tea
Croton monanthogynus
Prairie threeawn
Prairie threeawn
Aristida oligantha
Primary
Prairie trefoil
Prairie trefoil
Lotus unifoliolatus
Primary
Early buttercup
prairie tufted buttercup
Ranunculus fascicularis
Breadroot scurf-pea
prairie turnip
Pediomelum esculentum
Dakota verbena
prairie verbena
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Prairie violet
Prairie violet
Viola pedatifida
Primary
Prairie wedgegrass
Prairie wedgegrass
Sphenopholis obtusata
Primary
Prairie wedgegrass
Prairie wedgescale
Sphenopholis obtusata
Prairie wild rose
Prairie wild rose
Rosa arkansana
Primary