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Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses

Common Names Index

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Showing 50 of 1837 names

All Common Names
1837 names
Fragrant sanicle
cluster sanicle
Sanicula odorata
Clustered sedge
Clustered sedge
Carex aggregata
Primary
Cobaea penstemon
cobaea beardtongue
Penstemon cobaea
Cobaea penstemon
Cobaea penstemon
Penstemon cobaea
Primary
Cock-spur hawthorn
Cock-spur hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli
Primary
Cocklebur
Cocklebur
Xanthium strumarium
Primary
Yellow hymenopappus
collegeflower
Hymenopappus flavescens
Collinsia
Collinsia
Collinsia violacea
Primary
Burdock
common burdock
Arctium minus
Common chickweed
Common chickweed
Stellaria media
Primary
Old-field cinquefoil
common cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex
Common duckweed
Common duckweed
Lemna minor
Primary
Weedy dwarf-dandelion
common dwarf-dandelion
Krigia cespitosa
Common evening-primrose
Common evening-primrose
Oenothera biennis
Primary
Common ground-cherry
Common ground-cherry
Physalis longifolia
Primary
Common hedge-bindweed
Common hedge-bindweed
Calystegia sepium
Primary
Common mallow
Common mallow
Malva neglecta
Primary
Common Milkweed
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Primary
Common moonseed
Common moonseed
Menispermum canadense
Primary
Motherwort
Common motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca
Primary
Flannel mullein
common mullein
Verbascum thapsus
Common purslane
Common purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Primary
Common ragweed
Common ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Primary
Common reed
Common reed
Phragmites australis
Primary
Common sneezeweed
Common sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Primary
Common spiderwort
Common spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
Primary
Common sunflower
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Primary
Compass plant
Compass plant
Silphium laciniatum
Primary
Flat-stem spike-rush
compressed spikerush
Eleocharis compressa
Cone-spur bladderwort
Cone-spur bladderwort
Utricularia gibba
Primary
Trumpet honeysuckle
coral honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Coralberry
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Primary
Tickseed sunflower
coreopsis begger-ticks
Bidens aristosa
Corn gromwell
Corn gromwell
Lithospermum arvense
Primary
Corn speedwell
Corn speedwell
Veronica arvensis
Primary
Bachelor's button
cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
Cornsalad
Cornsalad
Valerianella radiata
Primary
Prairie bulrush
cosmopolitan bulrush
Schoenoplectus maritimus
Cottonwood
Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Primary
Golden crownbeard
cowpen daisy
Verbesina encelioides
Sandbar willow
Coyote willow
Salix exigua
Filaree
crane's-bill
Erodium cicutarium
Creamy poison-vetch
creamy milk-vetch
Astragalus racemosus
Creamy poison-vetch
Creamy poison-vetch
Astragalus racemosus
Primary
Field bindweed
Creeping Jenny
Convolvulus arvensis
Creeping lespedeza
Creeping lespedeza
Lespedeza repens
Primary
Jacob's ladder
Creeping polemonium
Polemonium reptans
Floating water-primrose
creeping water-primrose
Ludwigia peploides
Rose mallow
crimson-eyed rose mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
Cristatella
Cristatella
Polanisia jamesii
Primary