KPBS Plants
This is a complete list of the plants found growing on the Konza Prairie Biological Station - in order of the timing of their first bloom - the earliest bloom opens in March
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Red or Slippery elm | Ulmus rubra |
| Siberian elm (intro.) | Ulmus pumila |
| American elm | Ulmus americana |
| Wild parsley | Lomatium foeniculaceum |
| Blue mustard (intro.) | Chorispora tenella |
| Red-seeded dandelion | Taraxacum erythrospermum |
| Dandelion (intro.) | Taraxacum officinale |
| Ground plum | Astragalus crassicarpus |
| Wedge-leaf draba | Draba cuneifolia |
| White Whitlow-wort | Draba reptans |
| Shortpod draba | Draba brachycarpa |
| Wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up | Viola rafinesquii |
| Western Rock-jasmine | Androsace occidentalis |
| violet wood sorrel | Carex meadii |
| Prairie sedge | Carex inops |
| Redbud | Cercis canadensis |
| Pussy-toes | Antennaria neglecta |
| Small bluets | Hedyotis crassifolia |
| Bushy Wallflower | Erysimum repandum |
| Wild plum | Prunus americanus |
| Sandhill plum | Prunus angustifolius |
| Mouse-ear chickweed | Cerastium brachypodum |
| Oak sedge | Carex albicans |
| Heavy sedge | Carex gravida |
| Prickly ash | Zanthoxylum americanum |
| Prairie blue or bog violet | Viola pratincola |
| Downy blue violet | Viola sororia |
| Slender fumewort | Corydalis micrantha |
| Cut-leaf toothwort | Cardamine concatenata |
| Wild strawberry | Fragaria virginiana |
| Prairie groundsel | Packera plattensis |
| Virginia pepperweed | Lepidium viriginicum |
| Box elder | Acer negundo |
| Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis |
| Cottonwood | Populus deltoides |
| Green ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| Garlic mustard (intro.) | Alliaria officinalis |
| Missouri gooseberry | Ribes missouriense |
| Chinquapin oak | Quercus muehlenbergii |
| Blue phlox | Phlox divaricata |
| Prairie or Larkspur violet | Viola pedatifida |
| Fringed puccoon | Lithospermum incisum |
| Hoary gromwell | Lithospermum canescens |
| Dutchman's Breeches | Dicentra cucullaria |
| White fawn lily | Erythronium albidum |
| New Jersey tea | Ceanothus herbaceous |
| Lotus Milkvetch | Astragalus lotiflorus |
| Missouri milkvetch | Astragalus missouriensis |
| Violet wood sorrel | Oxalis violacea |
| Plains wild indigo | Baptisia bracteata |
| Western buckeye | Aesculus glabra var. arguta |
| Rose verbena | Glandularia canadensis |
| White-eyed grass | Sisyrinchium campestre |
| Dakota verbena | Glandularia bipinnatifida |
| Watercress (intro.) | Nasturtium officinale |
| False dandelion | Nothocalais cuspidata |
| Tansy mustard (intro.) | Descurainia sophia |
| Erect chervil | Chaerophyllum tainturieri |
| Fragrant Sumac | Rhus aromatica |
| Bur oak | Quercus macrocarpa |
| Bastard toadflax | Comandra umbellata |
| Naked broomrape | Orobanche uniflora |
| Carolina anemone | Anemone caroliniana |
| Philadelphia fleabane | Erigeron philadelphicus |
| Hop hornbeam | Ostrya virginiana |
| Blue false indigo | Baptisia australis |
| Choke cherry | Prunus virginiana |
| Honeysuckle (intro.) | Lonicera maackii |
| Old plainsman | Hymenopappus scabiosaeus |
| Sycamore | Platanus occidentalis |
| Platte River milk vetch | Astragalus plattensis |
| Death camas | Zygadenus nuttallii |
| Daisy fleabane | Erigeron strigosus |
| Annual fleabane | Erigeron annuus |
| Indian turnip | Pediomelum esculenta |
| Dame's Rocket (intro.) | Hesperis matronalis |
| Golden Alexander | Zizia aurea |
| American vetch | Vicia americana |
| White mulberry | Morus alba (intro.) |
| Waterpod | Ellisia nyctelea |
| Smallflower buttercup | Ranunculus abortivus |
| Virginia for-get-me-not | Myosotis verna |
| Sticky Willie Bedstraw | Galium aparine |
| Licorice Bedstraw | Galium circaezans |
| Straw sedge | Carex brevior |
| Red-foot spike-rush | Eleocharis erythropoda |
| Flat-stem spike-rush | Eleocharis compressa |
| Inland rush | Juncus interior |
| Kentucky blue grass (intro.) | Poa pratensis |
| Scribner's dichanthelium | Dicanthelium oligosanthes |
| Wooly dicanthelium | Dicanthelium acuminatum |
| Pawpaw | Asimina triloba |
| Downy Hawthorne | Crategus mollis |
| Black locust | Robinia pseudoacacia |
| Honey locust | Gleditsia treacanthos |
| Black walnut | Juglens nigra |
| Bitternut Hickory | Carya cordiformis |
| Bicolor wild indigo | Baptisia xbicolor |
| Pink poppy mallow | Callirhoe alcaeoides |
| Buffalo grass | Buchloe dactyloides |
| Bittersweet | Celastrus scandens |
| Wild raspberry | Rubus occidentalis |
| High-bush blackberry | Rubus ostryifolius |
| Wild alfalfa | Psoralea tenuiflora |
| Spider milkweed | Asclepias viridis |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
| Spiderwort | Tradescantia bracteata |
| Western marbleseed | Onosmodium molle |
| Goat's beard (intro.) | Tragopogon dubius |
| Missouri evening primrose | Oenothera macrocarpa |
| False indigo | Amorpha fruticosa |
| Purple poppy mallow | Callirhoe involucrata |
| Nodding green violet | Hybanthus verticellatus |
| Nuttall's evolvulus | Evolvulus nuttallianus |
| Carolina desert chicory | Pyrrhopappus carolinianus |
| Plains larkspur | Delphinium virescens |
| Nipple cactus | Escobaria missouriensis |
| Prairie wild rose | Rosa arkansana |
| Dwarf dandelion | Krigia caespitosa |
| Hedge bindweed | Calystegia macounii |
| Cobaea beardtongue | Penstemon cobaea |
| Shell-leaf beardtongue | Penstemon grandiflorus |
| Wild four-o'clock | Mirabilis nyctaginea |
| Bristly greenbrier | Smilax tamnoides |
| Riverbank grape | Vitis riparia |
| Patagonian plantain | Plantago patagonica |
| Bottlebrush plantain | Plantago aristida |
| Red-seeded plantain | Plantago rhodosperma |
| Serrate-leaf evening primrose | Calylophus serrulatus |
| Fowl manna grass | Glyceria striata |
| Yucca | Yucca glauca |
| Monkey flower | Mimulus glabratus |
| Wild Coffee, Horse gentian | Triosteum perfoliatum |
| Virginia groundcherry | Physalis virginiana |
| Prairie groundcherry | Physalis pumila |
| Indian hemp dogbane | Apocynum cannabinum |
| Poison hemlock (intro.) | Conium maculatum |
| Eastern gammagrass | Tripsacum dactyloides |
| Drooping bulrush | Scirpus pendulus |
| Green bulrush | Scirpus atrovirens |
| Sleepy catchfly | Silene antirrhina |
| Winter bent grass (Tickle) | Agrostis hyemalis |
| Porcupine grass | Hesperostipa spartea |
| Carolina cranesbill | Geranium carolinianum |
| Rough-leaved dogwood | Cornus drummondii |
| Pale dogwood | Cornus amomum |
| Catclaw sensitive briar | Schrankia nuttallii |
| Clammy groundcherry | Physalis heterophylla |
| Sand bar willow | Salix exigua |
| Peach leaf willow | Salix amygdaloides |
| Poison ivy | Toxicodendron radicans |
| Wooly milkweed | Asclepias lanuginosa |
| Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa |
| Moth mullein | Verbascum blatteria |
| Wild onion | Allium canadense |
| Showy evening primrose | Oenothera speciosa |
| Wild petunia | Ruellia humilis |
| Carolina horsenettle | Solanum carolinense |
| Warty spurge | Euphorbia spathulata |
| Small skullcap | Scutellaria parvula |
| June grass | Koeleria pyramidata |
| Slimpod Venus' looking glass | Triodanus leptocarpa |
| Limestone Ruellia | Ruellia strepens |
| Prostrate verbena | Verbena bracteata |
| Hoary vervain | Verbena stricta |
| Clasping Venus' looking glass | Triodanus perfoliata |
| Yellow cress | Rorippa palustris |
| Dragonroot | Arisaema dracontium |
| Sulfur cinquefoil | Potentilla recta |
| Rattlesnake fern | Botrychium virginianum |
| Soft-stem bulrush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
| Common three-square bulrush | Schoenoplectus pungens |
| Grooved flax | Linium sulcatum |
| Curly-cup gumweed | Grindelia squarrosa |
| Purple coneflower | Echinacea angustifolia |
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis |
| Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca |
| Narrow-leaved milkweed | Asclepias stenophylla |
| Rough false pennyroyal | Hedeoma hispida |
| Prickly poppy | Argemone polyanthemos |
| Smooth Solomon's Seal | Polygonatum biflorum |
| Deptford pink (intro.) | Dianthus armeria |
| Smooth sumac | Rhus glabra |
| Trumpet Vine | Campsis radicans |
| Sullivant's milkweed | Asclepias sullivantii |
| Silverleaf scurfpea | Psoralea agrophylla |
| American licorice | Glycyrrhiza lepidota |
| Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis |
| Virginia Stickseed | Hackelia virginiana |
| Purple meadow rue | Thalictrum dasycarpum |
| St. John's-wort | Hypericum perforatum |
| Purple prairie clover | Dalea purpurea |
| Yellow coneflower | Ratibida columnifera |
| Tuberous Indian plantain | Arnoglossum plantagineum |
| Buffalo gourd | Cucurbita foetidissima |
| Narrow-leaf bluet | Hedyotis nigricans |
| Tube penstemon | Penstemon tubaeflorus |
| Buffalo bur | Solanum rostratum |
| Narrow-leaved vervain | Verbena simplex |
| White avens | Geum canadense |
| Lead plant | Amorpha canescens |
| Beebalm | Monarda fistulosa |
| Plains prickly pear cactus | Opuntia macrorhiza |
| Eastern Wahoo | Euonymus atropurpurea |
| Winged loosestrife | Lythrum alatum |
| Fringed loosestrife | Lysimachia ciliate |
| Tall cinquefoil | Potentilla arguta |
| Lopseed | Phryma leptostachya |
| Jimsonweed | Datura stramonium |
| Antenna plant | Stenosiphon linifolius |
| Wavy-leaf thistle | Cirsium undulatum |
| Illinois tickclover | Desmodium illinoense |
| Flannel mullein (intro.) | Verbascum thapsus |
| Whorled milkweed | Asclepias verticillata |
| Western wheat grass | Pascopyrum smithii |
| White prairie clover | Dalea candidum |
| Compass plant | Silphium laciniatum |
| Large-flowered tickclover | Desmodium glutinosum |
| Annual sunflower | Helianthus annuus |
| Illinois bundleflower | Desmanthus illinoensis |
| American germander | Teucrium canadense |
| Canada wildrye | Elymus canadensis |
| Hairy wildrye | Elymus villous |
| Scaleseed | Spermolepis inermis |
| Flower-of-an-hour | Hibiscus trionum |
| Northern fog fruit | Phyla americana |
| Whorled milkwort | Polygala verticilliata |
| Erect Dayflower | Commelina erecta |
| Catnip (introduced) | Nepeta cataria |
| Whole-leaf rosinweed | Silphium integrifolium |
| White (nettle-leaf) verbena | Verbena urtiicifolia |
| Blue sage | Salvia azurea |
| Green milkweed | Asclepias viridiflora |
| Starry campion | Silene stellata |
| Velvety gaura | Gaura mollis (parviflora) |
| White four-o'clock | Mirabilis albida |
| Narrowleaf four-o'clock | Mirabilis linearis |
| Cut-leaf evening primrose | Oenothera laciniata |
| Prickly lettuce | Lactuca serriola |
| Louisiana lettuce | Lactuca ludoviciana |
| Canadian lettuce | Lactuca canadesis |
| Water speedwell | Veronica anagallis-aquatica |
| Hog peanut | Amphicarpaea bracteata |
| One-seeded croton | Croton monanthogynus |
| Side oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta |
| Pitcher's clematis | Clematis pitcheri |
| Puncture Vine | Tribulus terrestris |
| Bush morning glory | Ipomoea leptophylla |
| Pale seed | Leucospora multifida |
| Fluxweed | Isanthus brachiatus |
| Stickleaf | Mentzelia oligosperma |
| Western ironweed | Vernonia baldwinii |
| American bellflower | Campanulastrum americanum |
| Round-headed prairie clover | Dalea multiflora |
| Long-bearded hawkweed | Hieracium longipilum |
| Golden aster | Heterotheca canescens |
| Downy agrimony | Agrimonia pubscens |
| Purple toothcup | Ammannia coccinea |
| Lance-leaf sage | Salvia reflexa |
| Blue verbena | Verbena hastata |
| Eyebane | Chamaesyce nutans |
| Clammy weed | Polanisia dodecandra |
| Missouri goldenrod | Solidago missouriensis |
| Grayhead prairie coneflower | Ratibida pinnata |
| Snow-on-the-mountain | Euphorbia marginata |
| Umbrella sedge | Fuirena simplex |
| Jerusalem artichoke | Helianthus tuberosus |
| Tall bush clover | Lespedeza stuevei |
| Hairy grama | Bouteloua hirsuta |
| Nine-anther prairie clover | Dalea enneandra |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana |
| Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis |
| Prairie cordgrass | Spartina pectinata |
| Wild marigold | Dyssodia papposa |
| Spring lady's tresses | Spiranthes vernalis |
| Wooly croton | Croton capitatus |
| Hairy sunflower | Helianthus hirsutus |
| Maryland figwort | Scrophularia marilandica |
| Buckbrush (Coralberry) | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus |
| Flowering spurge | Euphorbia corollata |
| Six-angled spurge | Euphorbia hexagona |
| Selfheal (intro.) | Prunella vulgaris |
| Painted spurge | Euphorbia cyathophora |
| Canada goldenrod | Solidago altissima |
| Tall thistle | Cirsium altissimum |
| False boneset | Brickellia eupatorioides |
| American Bugleweed | Lycopus americanus |
| Burdock (intro.) | Arctium minus |
| Chicory (intor.) | Cichorium intybus |
| Showy tickclover | Desmodium canescens |
| Panicled tickclover | Desmodium paniculatum |
| Sessile tickclover | Desmodium sessillifolium |
| Wild senna | Senna marilandica |
| Showy partridge pea | Cassia chamaecrestia |
| Wingstem | Verbesina alternifolia |
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii |
| Switch grass | Panicum virgatum |
| Button blazing star | Liatris aspera |
| Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximilianii |
| White snakeroot | Eupatorium rugosum |
| Common evening primrose | Oenothera villosa |
| Subcordate water-plantain | Alisma subcordatum |
| Round-head lespedeza | Lespedeza capitata |
| Purple top | Tridens flavus |
| Catnip giant hyssop | Agastache nepetoides |
| Virginia smartweed | Polygonum virginianum |
| Late goldenrod | Solidago gigantea |
| Tall Joe Pye weed | Eupatorium altissimum |
| Large-flowered gaura | Gaura longiflora |
| Golden Feather/Indiangrass | Sorgastrum nutans |
| Rigid goldenrod | Solidago rigida |
| Autumn onion | Allium stellatum |
| Sawtooth sunflower | Helianthus grosseserratus |
| Ditch stonecrop | Penthorum sedoides |
| Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparius |
| False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides |
| Queen Ann's lace (intro.) | Daucus carota |
| Stiff sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus (rigidus) |
| Bur cucumber | Sicyos angulatus |
| Dotted gayfeather | Liatris punctata |
| Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata |
| Fine-leaf gerardia | Agalinis densiflora |
| Rough purple gerardia | Agalinis aspera |
| Tall dropseed | Sporobolus compositus |
| Purple love grass | Eragrostis spectabilis |
| Heath aster | Symphyotrichum ericoides |
| Showy goldenrod | Solidago speciosa |
| Drummond's aster | Symphyotrichum drummondii |
| Purple leaf willowherb | Epilobium coloratum |
| Broomweed | Gutierrezia dracunculoides |
| Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis |
| Smooth blue aster | Symphyotrichum laevis |
| Great blue lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica |
| Aromatic aster | Symphyotrichum oblongifolium |
| Silky aster | Symphyotrichum sericeus |
| Devil's beggar-ticks | Bidens frondosa |
| Louisianna sagewort | Artemisia ludoviciana |
| Yerba de tajo | Eclipta prostrate |
| Black nightshade | Solanum ptychanthum |
| American burnweed | Erechtites hieraciifolia |
| Grass-leaved goldenrod | Euthamia gymnospermoides |
| Sandbur | Cenchrus longispinus |
| Nodding beggar-ticks | Bidens cernua |
| Coreopsis beggar-ticks | Bidens aristosa |
| Sweet everlasting | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium |
| Panicled aster | Symphyotrichum lanceolatum |
| Hairy aster | Symphyotrichum pilosum |
| Lady's tresses | Spiranthes cernua |