Phenological List of Konza Prairie Plants            
             
Common Name Scientific Name Observer Site 1st Bloom 1st Bloom 1st Bloom
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Red or Slippery elm Ulmus rubra E Allen HQA 3/9/25 2/25/24 3/22/23
Siberian elm (intro.) Ulmus pumila E Allen HQB 3/9/25 2/25/24 3/22/23
American elm Ulmus americana E Allen HQA 3/9/25 2/26/24 3/22/23
Wild parsley Lomatium foeniculaceum       3/6/24 3/30/23
Blue mustard (intro.) Chorispora tenella       3/16/24 4/5/23
Red-seeded dandelion Taraxacum erythrospermum         4/1/23
Dandelion (intro.) Taraxacum officinale       2/18/24 3/29/23
Ground plum Astragalus crassicarpus       3/16/24 4/3/23
Wedge-leaf draba Draba cuneifolia       3/22/24 4/29/23
White Whitlow-wort Draba reptans       3/23/24 4/29/23
Shortpod draba Draba brachycarpa       4/13/24  
Wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up Viola rafinesquii       3/20/24 4/11/23
Western Rock-jasmine Androsace occidentalis       4/10/24 4/29/23
violet wood sorrel Carex meadii       3/23/24 4/8/23
Prairie sedge Carex inops          
Redbud Cercis canadensis       3/18/24 4/11/23
Pussy-toes Antennaria neglecta       3/23/24 4/11/23
Small bluets Hedyotis crassifolia       3/23/24  
Bushy Wallflower Erysimum repandum       4/13/24  
Wild plum Prunus americanus       3/21/24 4/10/23
Sandhill plum Prunus angustifolius          
Mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium brachypodum       4/29/24  
Oak sedge Carex albicans          
Heavy sedge Carex gravida       4/24/24 4/29/23
Prickly ash Zanthoxylum americanum       3/29/24 4/29/23
Prairie blue or bog violet Viola pratincola       3/29/24 4/11/23
Downy blue violet Viola sororia          
Slender fumewort Corydalis micrantha       3/28/24  
Cut-leaf toothwort Cardamine concatenata          
Wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana         4/29/23
Prairie groundsel Packera plattensis       4/9/24 4/17/23
Virginia pepperweed Lepidium viriginicum       4/29/24 4/29/23
Box elder Acer negundo       4/7/24  
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis          
Cottonwood Populus deltoides       4/21/24 4/27/23
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica       4/21/24  
Garlic mustard (intro.) Alliaria officinalis       4/7/24 4/19/23
Missouri gooseberry Ribes missouriense       4/15/24 4/17/23
Chinquapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii       4/21/24  
Blue phlox Phlox divaricata       3/29/24 4/17/23
Prairie or Larkspur violet Viola pedatifida       4/9/24 4/29/23
Fringed puccoon Lithospermum incisum       4/9/24 4/11/23
Hoary gromwell Lithospermum canescens          
Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria          
White fawn lily Erythronium albidum       4/5/24 4/8/23
New Jersey tea Ceanothus herbaceous       4/15/24 4/19/23
Lotus Milkvetch Astragalus lotiflorus       4/15/24 4/29/23
Missouri milkvetch Astragalus missouriensis          
Violet wood sorrel Oxalis violacea       4/15/24 4/19/23
Plains wild indigo Baptisia bracteata       4/13/24 4/18/23
Western buckeye Aesculus glabra var. arguta       4/26/24 4/20/23
Rose verbena Glandularia canadensis       4/21/24 4/29/23
White-eyed grass Sisyrinchium campestre       4/9/24 4/29/23
Dakota verbena Glandularia bipinnatifida       4/29/24 4/25/23
Watercress (intro.) Nasturtium officinale       4/7/24 4/26/23
False dandelion Nothocalais cuspidata       4/10/24 4/29/23
Tansy mustard (intro.) Descurainia sophia         4/29/23
Erect chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri           
Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica       4/13/24 4/29/23
Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa       4/21/24 4/19/23
Bastard toadflax Comandra umbellata       4/8/24 4/19/23
Naked broomrape Orobanche uniflora          
Carolina anemone Anemone caroliniana          
Philadelphia fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus       4/13/24 4/28/23
Hop hornbeam Ostrya virginiana          
Blue false indigo Baptisia australis       4/26/24 5/4/23
Choke cherry Prunus virginiana       4/21/24 4/27/23
Honeysuckle (intro.) Lonicera maackii       4/21/24  
Old plainsman Hymenopappus scabiosaeus       4/27/24 5/13/23
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis          
Platte River milk vetch Astragalus plattensis       4/15/24  
Death camas Zygadenus nuttallii       4/24/24 5/8/23
Daisy fleabane Erigeron strigosus       5/11/24 5/20/23
Annual fleabane Erigeron annuus       5/31/24 6/3/23
Indian turnip Pediomelum esculenta       4/27/24 5/2/23
Dame's Rocket (intro.) Hesperis matronalis       5/25/24  
Golden Alexander Zizia aurea       4/21/24 5/6/23
American vetch Vicia americana       5/11/24  
White mulberry Morus alba (intro.)          
Waterpod Ellisia nyctelea          
Smallflower buttercup Ranunculus abortivus          
Virginia for-get-me-not Myosotis verna          
Sticky Willie Bedstraw Galium aparine       5/11/24 5/6/23
Licorice Bedstraw Galium circaezans       7/10/24 7/1/23
Straw sedge Carex brevior          
Red-foot spike-rush Eleocharis erythropoda          
Flat-stem spike-rush Eleocharis compressa         5/10/23
Inland rush Juncus interior          
Kentucky blue grass (intro.) Poa pratensis       5/11/24 5/10/23
Scribner's dichanthelium Dicanthelium oligosanthes       5/11/24 5/8/23
Wooly dicanthelium Dicanthelium acuminatum          
Pawpaw Asimina triloba          
Downy Hawthorne Crategus mollis          
Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia          
Honey locust Gleditsia treacanthos         5/13/23
Black walnut Juglens nigra       5/7/24 5/13/23
Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis         5/13/23
Bicolor wild indigo Baptisia xbicolor         5/6/23
Pink poppy mallow Callirhoe alcaeoides       5/5/24 5/8/23
Buffalo grass Buchloe dactyloides       5/11/24 5/7/23
Bittersweet Celastrus scandens          
Wild raspberry Rubus occidentalis       5/11/24 5/27/23
High-bush blackberry Rubus ostryifolius          
Wild alfalfa Psoralea tenuiflora       5/11/24 5/20/23
Spider milkweed Asclepias viridis       5/9/24 5/8/23
Yarrow Achillea millefolium       4/27/24 5/8/23
Spiderwort Tradescantia bracteata       5/5/24 5/13/23
Western marbleseed Onosmodium molle       5/11/24 5/11/23
Goat's beard (intro.) Tragopogon dubius       5/25/24 5/17/23
Missouri evening primrose Oenothera macrocarpa       4/27/24 5/8/23
False indigo Amorpha fruticosa       6/15/24 5/27/23
Purple poppy mallow Callirhoe involucrata       4/29/24 5/8/23
Nodding green violet Hybanthus verticellatus       4/27/24 5/20/23
Nuttall's evolvulus Evolvulus nuttallianus       5/25/24 5/9/23
Carolina desert chicory Pyrrhopappus carolinianus           
Plains larkspur Delphinium virescens       5/7/24 5/27/23
Nipple cactus Escobaria missouriensis       5/18/24 5/13/23
Prairie wild rose Rosa arkansana       5/5/24 5/8/23
Dwarf dandelion Krigia caespitosa          
Hedge bindweed Calystegia macounii       5/31/24 5/27/23
Cobaea beardtongue Penstemon cobaea       5/9/24 5/17/23
Shell-leaf beardtongue Penstemon grandiflorus       5/5/24  
Wild four-o'clock Mirabilis nyctaginea       5/5/24 5/27/23
Bristly greenbrier Smilax tamnoides          
Riverbank grape Vitis riparia         7/1/23
Patagonian plantain Plantago patagonica          
Bottlebrush plantain Plantago aristida          
Red-seeded plantain Plantago rhodosperma         5/22/23
Serrate-leaf evening primrose Calylophus serrulatus       5/14/24 5/20/23
Fowl manna grass Glyceria striata          
Yucca Yucca glauca       5/14/24  
Monkey flower Mimulus glabratus       4/21/24 5/13/23
Wild Coffee, Horse gentian Triosteum perfoliatum          
Virginia groundcherry Physalis virginiana       5/25/24 5/20/23
Prairie groundcherry Physalis pumila       5/14/24 5/17/23
Indian hemp dogbane Apocynum cannabinum       5/14/24 5/26/23
Poison hemlock (intro.) Conium maculatum       5/25/24 5/17/23
Eastern gammagrass Tripsacum dactyloides       5/25/24 5/17/23
Drooping bulrush Scirpus pendulus       5/25/24 5/17/23
Green bulrush Scirpus atrovirens          
Sleepy catchfly Silene antirrhina          
Winter bent grass (Tickle) Agrostis hyemalis          
Porcupine grass Hesperostipa spartea       5/14/24  
Carolina cranesbill Geranium carolinianum       5/11/24 5/6/23
Rough-leaved dogwood Cornus drummondii       5/25/24  
Pale dogwood Cornus amomum          
Catclaw sensitive briar Schrankia nuttallii       5/14/24 5/27/23
Clammy groundcherry Physalis heterophylla       5/25/24 6/2/23
Sand bar willow Salix exigua       5/11/24  
Peach leaf willow Salix amygdaloides       5/11/24  
Poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans          
Wooly milkweed Asclepias lanuginosa          
Butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa       5/25/24 5/26/23
Moth mullein Verbascum blatteria       6/4/24 6/3/23
Wild onion Allium canadense       5/25/24 5/27/23
Showy evening primrose Oenothera speciosa       5/25/24 6/4/23
Wild petunia Ruellia humilis       5/31/24 6/3/23
Carolina horsenettle Solanum carolinense       5/18/24 5/31/23
Warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata       5/11/24 5/27/23
Small skullcap Scutellaria parvula       5/18/24 6/3/23
June grass Koeleria pyramidata       5/25/24 5/27/23
Slimpod Venus' looking glass Triodanus leptocarpa       5/25/24 5/13/23
Limestone Ruellia Ruellia strepens          
Prostrate verbena Verbena bracteata       5/25/24 6/3/23
Hoary vervain Verbena stricta       5/31/24 6/3/23
Clasping Venus' looking glass Triodanus perfoliata       5/25/24  
Yellow cress Rorippa palustris          
Dragonroot Arisaema dracontium       6/15/24  
Sulfur cinquefoil Potentilla recta       5/25/24 6/2/23
Rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum          
Soft-stem bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani          
Common three-square bulrush Schoenoplectus pungens          
Grooved flax Linium sulcatum       5/25/24 6/17/23
Curly-cup gumweed Grindelia squarrosa       5/31/24 8/19/23
Purple coneflower       Echinacea angustifolia       5/25/24 6/2/23
Ohio Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis          
Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca       5/31/24 6/3/23
Narrow-leaved milkweed Asclepias stenophylla       7/21/24 7/15/23
Rough false pennyroyal Hedeoma hispida       5/25/24 5/13/23
Prickly poppy Argemone polyanthemos       6/18/24 6/24/23
Smooth Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum          
Deptford pink (intro.) Dianthus armeria       6/11/24 6/3/23
Smooth sumac Rhus glabra       6/18/24 6/17/23
Trumpet Vine Campsis radicans       6/7/24 6/4/23
Sullivant's milkweed Asclepias sullivantii       6/15/24 6/8/23
Silverleaf scurfpea Psoralea agrophylla       6/4/24 5/27/23
American licorice Glycyrrhiza lepidota       6/22/24 7/15/23
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis       5/25/24 6/2/23
Virginia Stickseed Hackelia virginiana       7/10/24 7/29/23
Purple meadow rue Thalictrum dasycarpum          
St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum       6/7/24 6/24/23
Purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea       6/14/24 6/15/23
Yellow coneflower Ratibida columnifera       5/31/24 6/8/23
Tuberous Indian plantain Arnoglossum plantagineum       6/15/24 5/31/23
Buffalo gourd Cucurbita foetidissima       6/15/24 6/14/23
Narrow-leaf bluet Hedyotis nigricans       6/17/24 6/17/23
Tube penstemon Penstemon tubaeflorus          
Buffalo bur Solanum rostratum       5/25/24 6/8/23
Narrow-leaved vervain Verbena simplex         5/17/23
White avens Geum canadense       6/15/24 6/17/23
Lead plant Amorpha canescens       6/4/24 6/8/23
Beebalm Monarda fistulosa       6/14/24 6/17/23
Plains prickly pear cactus Opuntia macrorhiza          
Eastern Wahoo Euonymus atropurpurea         6/24/23
Winged loosestrife Lythrum alatum       6/22/24 6/17/23
Fringed loosestrife Lysimachia ciliate       6/22/24  
Tall cinquefoil Potentilla arguta          
Lopseed Phryma leptostachya       7/10/24 7/8/23
Jimsonweed Datura stramonium       8/10/24  
Antenna plant Stenosiphon linifolius       8/1/24 7/22/23
Wavy-leaf thistle Cirsium undulatum       6/18/24 6/24/23
Illinois tickclover Desmodium illinoense       6/15/24 6/17/23
Flannel mullein (intro.) Verbascum thapsus       6/29/24 6/26/23
Whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata       6/15/24 6/26/23
Western wheat grass Pascopyrum smithii          
White prairie clover Dalea candidum       6/15/24 6/17/23
Compass plant Silphium laciniatum       6/14/24 6/24/23
Large-flowered tickclover Desmodium glutinosum       7/10/224 6/24/23
Annual sunflower Helianthus annuus       6/15/24 7/10/23
Illinois bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis       6/29/24 6/24/23
American germander Teucrium canadense       6/14/24 6/17/23
Canada wildrye Elymus canadensis       5/31/24 6/21/23
Hairy wildrye Elymus villous          
Scaleseed Spermolepis inermis       4/27/24 5/20/23
Flower-of-an-hour Hibiscus trionum          
Northern fog fruit Phyla americana       6/29/24 6/22/23
Whorled milkwort Polygala verticilliata       6/18/24  
Erect Dayflower Commelina erecta       6/29/24 7/8/23
Catnip (introduced) Nepeta cataria       7/21/24 7/1/23
Whole-leaf rosinweed Silphium integrifolium       6/29/24 7/1/23
White (nettle-leaf) verbena Verbena urtiicifolia       6/29/24 7/8/23
Blue sage Salvia azurea       7/21/24 7/15/23
Green milkweed Asclepias viridiflora       7/10/24 6/26/23
Starry campion Silene stellata       6/15/24 7/1/23
Velvety gaura Gaura mollis (parviflora)       7/27/24 6/26/23
White four-o'clock Mirabilis albida          
Narrowleaf four-o'clock Mirabilis linearis       7/10/24 6/3/23
Cut-leaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata          
Prickly lettuce Lactuca serriola       7/21/24 7/15/23
Louisiana lettuce Lactuca ludoviciana       8/10/24 8/12/23
Canadian lettuce Lactuca canadesis       8/5/24  
Water speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica       4/21/24 5/13/23
Hog peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata       7/10/24  
One-seeded croton Croton monanthogynus       6/15/24 6/17/23
Side oats grama Bouteloua curtipendula       7/10/24 7/11/23
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta       6/4/24 6/8/23
Pitcher's clematis Clematis pitcheri       6/15/24  
Puncture Vine Tribulus terrestris          
Bush morning glory Ipomoea leptophylla          
Pale seed Leucospora multifida       5/18/24 5/20/23
Fluxweed Isanthus brachiatus          
Stickleaf Mentzelia oligosperma       7/10/24 7/24/23
Western ironweed Vernonia baldwinii       7/10/24 7/10/23
American bellflower Campanulastrum americanum       7/7/24 7/10/23
Round-headed prairie clover Dalea multiflora       7/10/24 7/17/23
Long-bearded hawkweed Hieracium longipilum       7/10/24 7/3/23
Golden aster Heterotheca canescens       7/10/24  
Downy agrimony Agrimonia pubscens       7/10/24  
Purple toothcup Ammannia coccinea          
Lance-leaf sage Salvia reflexa          
Blue verbena Verbena hastata       7/21/24 7/29/23
Eyebane Chamaesyce nutans       8/10/24 8/26/23
Clammy weed Polanisia dodecandra         7/17/23
Missouri goldenrod Solidago missouriensis       7/10/24 7/11/23
Grayhead prairie coneflower Ratibida pinnata       7/10/24 6/26/23
Snow-on-the-mountain Euphorbia marginata       7/10/24 6/26/23
Umbrella sedge Fuirena simplex          
Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus       7/10/24 8/12/23
Tall bush clover Lespedeza stuevei         7/29/23
Hairy grama Bouteloua hirsuta       7/10/24 7/24/23
Nine-anther prairie clover Dalea enneandra          
Pokeweed Phytolacca americana       5/25/24 7/1/23
Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis       7/10/24 7/24/23
Prairie cordgrass Spartina pectinata       7/10/24 7/29/23
Wild marigold Dyssodia papposa       8/23/24 8/26/23
Spring lady's tresses Spiranthes vernalis       7/10/24 7/15/23
Wooly croton Croton capitatus          
Hairy sunflower Helianthus hirsutus       7/10/24 7/17/23
Maryland figwort Scrophularia marilandica       6/29/24 7/10/23
Buckbrush (Coralberry) Symphoricarpos orbiculatus       7/21/24  
Flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata       8/5/24 7/31/23
Six-angled spurge Euphorbia hexagona         7/22/23
Selfheal (intro.) Prunella vulgaris       7/21/24 7/22/23
Painted spurge Euphorbia cyathophora         8/12/23
Canada goldenrod Solidago altissima       91//24 8/19/23
Tall thistle Cirsium altissimum       8/10/24 8/14/23
False boneset Brickellia eupatorioides       7/27/24 7/29/23
American Bugleweed Lycopus americanus         7/29/23
Burdock (intro.) Arctium minus       7/21/24  
Chicory (intor.) Cichorium intybus       7/21/24 7/15/23
Showy tickclover Desmodium canescens       7/10/24 8/19/23
Panicled tickclover Desmodium paniculatum         8/12/23
Sessile tickclover Desmodium sessillifolium       7/27/24 8/19/23
Wild senna Senna marilandica       7/27/24 7/22/23
Showy partridge pea Cassia chamaecrestia       8/5/24 7/11/23
Wingstem Verbesina alternifolia       8/5/24 7/24/23
Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii       7/10/24 7/24/23
Switch grass Panicum virgatum       7/21/24 7/24/23
Button blazing star Liatris aspera       8/23/24 9/1/23
Maximilian sunflower Helianthus maximilianii       8/10/24 8/19/23
White snakeroot Eupatorium rugosum       8/10/24 9/1/23
Common evening primrose Oenothera villosa       8/5/24 8/26/23
Subcordate water-plantain Alisma subcordatum       7/21/24 7/15/23
Round-head lespedeza Lespedeza capitata       9/1/24 7/29/23
Purple top Tridens flavus       8/10/24 8/19/23
Catnip giant hyssop Agastache nepetoides         9/1/23
Virginia smartweed Polygonum virginianum       8/23/24 9/1/23
Late goldenrod Solidago gigantea         7/22/23
Tall Joe Pye weed Eupatorium altissimum       8/5/24 8/3/23
Large-flowered gaura Gaura longiflora          
Indian grass Sorgastrum nutans       8/5/24 8/3/23
Rigid goldenrod Solidago rigida       8/23/24 8/7/23
Autumn onion Allium stellatum       8/10/24 9/16/23
Sawtooth sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus       8/28/24  
Ditch stonecrop Penthorum sedoides       6/29/24 7/8/23
Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparius         9/9/23
False sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides       6/29/24 8/5/23
Queen Ann's lace (intro.) Daucus carota       7/21/24 7/15/23
Stiff sunflower Helianthus pauciflorus (rigidus)       7/10/24 6/26/23
Bur cucumber Sicyos angulatus          
Dotted gayfeather Liatris punctata       8/10/24 8/14/23
Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata          
Fine-leaf gerardia Agalinis densiflora       3/30/24 9/1/23
Rough purple gerardia Agalinis aspera         8/19/23
Tall dropseed Sporobolus compositus       9/1/24 9/9/23
Purple love grass Eragrostis spectabilis       8/23/24 9/9/23
Heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides       9/11/24  
Showy goldenrod Solidago speciosa       8/22/24 9/14/23
Drummond's aster Symphyotrichum drummondii       9/11/24 9/14/23
Purple leaf willowherb Epilobium coloratum          
Broomweed Gutierrezia dracunculoides       7/27/24 8/12/23
Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis       8/21/24 8/26/23
Smooth blue aster Symphyotrichum laevis       8/25/24 9/30/23
Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica         9/20/23
Aromatic aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium       9/11/24 9/30/23
Silky aster Symphyotrichum sericeus         9/30/23
Devil's beggar-ticks Bidens frondosa       9/1/24 9/1/23
Louisianna sagewort Artemisia ludoviciana         9/9/23
Yerba de tajo Eclipta prostrate         9/9/23
Black nightshade Solanum ptychanthum         9/9/23
American burnweed Erechtites hieraciifolia       9/1/24 9/9/23
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       9/18/24  
Lady's tresses Spiranthes cernua       9/1/24  
Downy Gentian Gentiana puberulenta          
             
  • Updated: 3/14/25