Native range

Native plants of Kansas

131 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Kansas, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 93 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 149 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Kansas is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 149 plants, 133 have been checked against outside sources (2 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
Full sunZones 4–1112 inLow
Apricot Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Blue Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Cream Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Lisianthus
Eustoma
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Picotee Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Pink Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Rose Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
White Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Part shadeZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Part sunZones 4–920 ftModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate
Foliage
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Possumhaw Holly
Ilex decidua
Full sunZones 5–912 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Full sunZones 4–93 ftHigh
Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
Part shadeZones 5–912 inLow
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Part shadeZones 4–99.5 ftModerate
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Full sunZones 4–915 ftModerate
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Chocolate Flower
Berlandiera lyrata
Full sunZones 4–101.5 ftLow
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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