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 121 to 149 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.

Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Full sunZones 4–940 ftModerate
Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Part shadeZones 5–88 inModerate
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Bluestar
Amsonia
Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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