Phenological List of Konza Prairie Plants
Common Name	Scientific Name	1st Bloom	1st Bloom
		2022	2021
Red or Slippery elm	Ulmus rubra	3/5/22	3/9/21
Siberian elm (intro.)	Ulmus pumila		3/8/21
American elm	Ulmus americana		3/8/21
Wild parsley	Lomatium foeniculaceum	3/19/22	3/20/21
Blue mustard (intro.)	Chorispora tenella		3/27/21
Red-seeded dandelion	Taraxacum erythrospermum	5/14/22	4/5/21
Dandelion (intro.)	Taraxacum officinale	3/26/22	3/27/21
Ground plum	Astragalus crassicarpus	3/28/22	3/18/21
Wedge-leaf draba	Draba cuneifolia	4/12/22	4/10/21
White Whitlow-wort	Draba reptans
Shortpod draba	Draba brachycarpa
Wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up	Viola rafinesquii	5/29/22	4/2/21
Western Rock-jasmine	Androsace occidentalis		4/24/21
violet wood sorrel	Carex meadii	4/15/22	3/31/21
Prairie sedge	Carex inops	4/30/22	4/3/21
Redbud	Cercis canadensis	4/12/22	4/4/21
Pussy-toes	Antennaria neglecta	4/12/22	3/27/21
Small bluets	Hedyotis crassifolia
Bushy Wallflower	Erysimum repandum
Wild plum	Prunus americanus	4/19/22	4/3/21
Sandhill plum	Prunus angustifolius
Mouse-ear chickweed	Cerastium brachypodum		4/2/21
Oak sedge	Carex albicans		4/12/21
Heavy sedge	Carex gravida
Prickly ash	Zanthoxylum americanum	4/9/22	4/12/21
Prairie blue or bog violet	Viola pratincola	4/15/22	4/3/21
Downy blue violet	Viola sororia
Slender fumewort	Corydalis micrantha
Cut-leaf toothwort	Cardamine concatenata	5/13/22	4/10/21
Wild strawberry	Fragaria virginiana	5/14/22
Prairie groundsel	Packera plattensis	4/25/22	4/12/21
Virginia pepperweed	Lepidium viriginicum		4/25/21
Box elder	Acer negundo		4/12/21
Hackberry	Celtis occidentalis		4/6/21
Cottonwood	Populus deltoides	4/20/22	4/3/21
Green ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica		4/24/21
Garlic mustard (intro.)	Alliaria officinalis	4/22/22	4/10/21
Missouri gooseberry	Ribes missouriense	4/21/22	4/10/21
Chinquapin oak	Quercus muehlenbergii	5/7/22	4/24/21
Blue phlox	Phlox divaricata	4/20/22	4/5/21
Prairie or Larkspur violet	Viola pedatifida		4/1//2021
Fringed puccoon	Lithospermum incisum	4/21/22	4/8/21
Hoary gromwell	Lithospermum canescens
Dutchman's Breeches	Dicentra cucullaria
White fawn lily	Erythronium albidum		3/31/21
New Jersey tea	Ceanothus herbaceous	5/7/22	4/29/21
Lotus Milkvetch	Astragalus lotiflorus	5/14/22	5/12/21
Missouri milkvetch	Astragalus missouriensis		4/24/21
Violet wood sorrel	Oxalis violacea	5/6/22	4/13/21
Plains wild indigo	Baptisia bracteata	4/28/22	4/22/21
Western buckeye	Aesculus glabra var. arguta	5/3/22	4/28/21
Rose verbena	Glandularia canadensis		3/27/21
White-eyed grass	Sisyrinchium campestre	4/28/22	4/22/21
Dakota verbena	Glandularia bipinnatifida	4/25/22	4/14/21
Watercress (intro.)	Nasturtium officinale	5/7/22	5/10/21
False dandelion	Nothocalais cuspidata	4/24/22	4/14/21
Tansy mustard (intro.)	Descurainia sophia	5/14/22	5/3/21
Erect chervil	Chaerophyllum tainturieri	6/3/22	5/29/21
Fragrant Sumac	Rhus aromatica	4/23/22	4/21/21
Bur oak	Quercus macrocarpa		4/12/21
Bastard toadflax	Comandra umbellata	5/10/22	4/14/21
Naked broomrape	Orobanche uniflora
Carolina anemone	Anemone caroliniana
Philadelphia fleabane	Erigeron philadelphicus	4/30/22	4/24/21
Hop hornbeam	Ostrya virginiana		4/24/21
Blue false indigo	Baptisia australis	5/5/22	5/3/21
Choke cherry	Prunus virginiana		4/28/21
Honeysuckle (intro.)	Lonicera maackii
Old plainsman	Hymenopappus scabiosaeus	5/10/22	5/3/21
Sycamore	Platanus occidentalis
Platte River milk vetch	Astragalus plattensis		5/12/21
Death camas	Zygadenus nuttallii	5/10/22	5/6/21
Daisy fleabane	Erigeron strigosus	5/12/22	5/17/21
Annual fleabane	Erigeron annuus	5/28/22	5/22/21
Indian turnip	Pediomelum esculenta	5/7/22	5/3/21
Dame's Rocket (intro.)	Hesperis matronalis		5/22/21
Golden Alexander	Zizia aurea	5/7/22	5/10/21
American vetch	Vicia americana	5/7/22	4/30/21
White mulberry	Morus alba (intro.)	5/10/22	5/22/21
Waterpod	Ellisia nyctelea
Smallflower buttercup	Ranunculus abortivus	5/7/22
Virginia for-get-me-not	Myosotis verna
Sticky Willie Bedstraw	Galium aparine	5/7/22	5/10/21
Licorice Bedstraw	Galium circaezans	5/7/22
Straw sedge	Carex brevior
Red-foot spike-rush	Eleocharis erythropoda	5/28/22
Flat-stem spike-rush	Eleocharis compressa	5/17/22
Inland rush	Juncus interior		5/10/21
Kentucky blue grass (intro.)	Poa pratensis	5/7/22	5/17/21
Scribner's dichanthelium	Dicanthelium oligosanthes	5/19/22	5/14/21
Wooly dicanthelium	Dicanthelium acuminatum
Pawpaw	Asimina triloba
Downy Hawthorne	Crategus mollis
Black locust	Robinia pseudoacacia
Honey locust	Gleditsia treacanthos	5/17/22
Black walnut	Juglens nigra	5/11/22	5/7/21
Bitternut Hickory	Carya cordiformis
Bicolor wild indigo	Baptisia xbicolor		5/10/21
Pink poppy mallow	Callirhoe alcaeoides	5/13/22	5/10/21
Buffalo grass	Buchloe dactyloides	5/13/22	5/10/21
Bittersweet	Celastrus scandens
Wild raspberry	Rubus occidentalis	5/28/22	5/17/21
High-bush blackberry	Rubus ostryifolius	5/28/22
Wild alfalfa	Psoralea tenuiflora	5/20/22	5/17/21
Spider milkweed	Asclepias viridis	5/10/22	5/10/21
Yarrow	Achillea millefolium	5/13/22	5/10/21
Spiderwort	Tradescantia bracteata	5/17/22	5/10/21
Western marbleseed	Onosmodium molle	5/10/22	5/14/21
Goat's beard (intro.)	Tragopogon dubius	5/23/22	5/17/21
Missouri evening primrose	Oenothera macrocarpa	5/11/22	5/22/21
False indigo	Amorpha fruticosa	5/28/02	5/18/21
Purple poppy mallow	Callirhoe involucrata	5/13/22	5/6/21
Nodding green violet	Hybanthus verticellatus	5/10/22	5/12/21
Nuttall's evolvulus	Evolvulus nuttallianus	5/10/22	5/29/21
Carolina desert chicory	Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
Plains larkspur	Delphinium virescens	5/23/22	5/19/21
Nipple cactus	Escobaria missouriensis	5/19/22	5/26/21
Prairie wild rose	Rosa arkansana	5/14/22	5/11/21
Dwarf dandelion	Krigia caespitosa
Hedge bindweed	Calystegia macounii	5/28/22	5/17/21
Cobaea beardtongue	Penstemon cobaea	5/17/22	5/10/21
Shell-leaf beardtongue	Penstemon grandiflorus	5/20/22	5/14/21
Wild four-o'clock	Mirabilis nyctaginea		5/29/21
Bristly greenbrier	Smilax tamnoides		5/22/21
Riverbank grape	Vitis riparia		6/2/21
Patagonian plantain	Plantago patagonica		6/2/21
Bottlebrush plantain	Plantago aristida
Red-seeded plantain	Plantago rhodosperma	6/2/22
Serrate-leaf evening primrose	Calylophus serrulatus	5/20/22	5/29/21
Fowl manna grass	Glyceria striata		6/12/21
Yucca	Yucca glauca	5/30/22
Monkey flower	Mimulus glabratus	6/17/22	5/10/21
Wild Coffee, Horse gentian	Triosteum perfoliatum
Virginia groundcherry	Physalis virginiana	5/11/22	5/11/21
Prairie groundcherry	Physalis pumila	5/17/22	5/22/21
Indian hemp dogbane	Apocynum cannabinum	5/23/22	5/17/21
Poison hemlock (intro.)	Conium maculatum	6/3/22	5/29/21
Eastern gammagrass	Tripsacum dactyloides	6/2/22	5/29/21
Drooping bulrush	Scirpus pendulus	5/19/22	6/2/21
Green bulrush	Scirpus atrovirens
Sleepy catchfly	Silene antirrhina	6/3/22	5/29/21
Winter bent grass (Tickle)	Agrostis hyemalis
Porcupine grass	Hesperostipa spartea	5/30/22	5/22/21
Carolina cranesbill	Geranium carolinianum		6/6/21
Rough-leaved dogwood	Cornus drummondii	5/30/22	5/28/21
Pale dogwood	Cornus amomum
Catclaw sensitive briar	Schrankia nuttallii	5/19/22	5/28/21
Clammy groundcherry	Physalis heterophylla	6/2/22	5/29/21
Sand bar willow	Salix exigua	5/28/22	6/6/21
Peach leaf willow	Salix amygdaloides	5/28/22
Poison ivy	Toxicodendron radicans		6/12/21
Wooly milkweed	Asclepias lanuginosa
Butterfly milkweed	Asclepias tuberosa	5/30/22	6/2/21
Moth mullein	Verbascum blatteria	5/30/22	6/12/21
Wild onion	Allium canadense	5/28/22	5/29/21
Showy evening primrose	Oenothera speciosa	5/15/22	5/24/21
Wild petunia	Ruellia humilis	5/30/22	5/19/21
Carolina horsenettle	Solanum carolinense	5/30/22	5/29/21
Warty spurge	Euphorbia spathulata	5/28/22	5/29/21
Small skullcap	Scutellaria parvula	5/20/22	5/17/21
June grass	Koeleria pyramidata	5/28/22	5/22/21
Slimpod Venus' looking glass	Triodanus leptocarpa		6/9/21
Limestone Ruellia	Ruellia strepens		6/12/21
Prostrate verbena	Verbena bracteata	5/28/22	5/29/21
Hoary vervain	Verbena stricta	6/7/22	6/9/21
Clasping Venus' looking glass	Triodanus perfoliata		6/6/21
Yellow cress	Rorippa palustris
Dragonroot	Arisaema dracontium
Sulfur cinquefoil	Potentilla recta	6/2/22	5/29/21
Rattlesnake fern	Botrychium virginianum
Soft-stem bulrush	Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani	8/6/22
Common three-square bulrush	Schoenoplectus pungens
Grooved flax	Linium sulcatum	6/7/22	6/14/21
Curly-cup gumweed	Grindelia squarrosa	8/1/22	7/17/21
Purple coneflower	Echinacea angustifolia	6/2/22	6/2/21
Ohio Spiderwort	Tradescantia ohiensis		6/6/21
Common milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	6/4/22	6/9/21
Narrow-leaved milkweed	Asclepias stenophylla	6/14/22	6/1/21
Rough false pennyroyal	Hedeoma hispida	6/4/22	5/29/21
Prickly poppy	Argemone polyanthemos	6/8/22	6/6/21
Smooth Solomon's Seal	Polygonatum biflorum
Deptford pink (intro.)	Dianthus armeria	6/15/22	6/12/21
Smooth sumac	Rhus glabra		6/10/21
Trumpet Vine	Campsis radicans	6/8/22	6/9/21
Sullivant's milkweed	Asclepias sullivantii	6/5/22
Silverleaf scurfpea	Psoralea agrophylla	5/28/22
American licorice	Glycyrrhiza lepidota	6/17/22
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	6/3/22	5/29/21
Virginia Stickseed	Hackelia virginiana	8/6/22	7/18/21
Purple meadow rue	Thalictrum dasycarpum		6/12/21
St. John's-wort	Hypericum perforatum	6/20/22	6/6/21
Purple prairie clover	Dalea purpurea	6/14/22	6/14/21
Yellow coneflower	Ratibida columnifera	6/4/22	6/9/21
Tuberous Indian plantain	Arnoglossum plantagineum	5/12/22	6/12/21
Buffalo gourd	Cucurbita foetidissima	6/17/22	6/25/21
Narrow-leaf bluet	Hedyotis nigricans	6/9/22	6/14/21
Tube penstemon	Penstemon tubaeflorus
Buffalo bur	Solanum rostratum	7/4/22	6/12/21
Narrow-leaved vervain	Verbena simplex	5/12/22	5/17/21
White avens	Geum canadense	6/20/22	6/6/21
Lead plant	Amorpha canescens	6/9/22	5/29/21
Beebalm	Monarda fistulosa	6/17/22	6/24/201
Plains prickly pear cactus	Opuntia macrorhiza		6/17/21
Eastern Wahoo	Euonymus atropurpurea		6/12/21
Winged loosestrife	Lythrum alatum	6/20/22	6/19/21
Fringed loosestrife	Lysimachia ciliate
Tall cinquefoil	Potentilla arguta
Lopseed	Phryma leptostachya		6/12/21
Jimsonweed	Datura stramonium
Antenna plant	Stenosiphon linifolius	7/11/22	7/12/21
Wavy-leaf thistle	Cirsium undulatum	6/20/22	6/17/21
Illinois tickclover	Desmodium illinoense	6/17/22	6/11/21
Flannel mullein (intro.)	Verbascum thapsus	6/20/22	6/21/21
Whorled milkweed	Asclepias verticillata	7/4/22	6/26/21
Western wheat grass	Pascopyrum smithii
White prairie clover	Dalea candidum	6/17/22	6/22/21
Compass plant	Silphium laciniatum	6/20/22	6/14/21
Large-flowered tickclover	Desmodium glutinosum	8/14/22	7/12/21
Annual sunflower	Helianthus annuus	7/11/22	7/4/21
Illinois bundleflower	Desmanthus illinoensis	6/20/22	6/28/21
American germander	Teucrium canadense	6/20/22	6/19/21
Canada wildrye	Elymus canadensis		6/19/21
Hairy wildrye	Elymus villous		7/12/21
Scaleseed	Spermolepis inermis
Flower-of-an-hour	Hibiscus trionum
Northern fog fruit	Phyla americana	8/6/22	7/12/21
Whorled milkwort	Polygala verticilliata		6/12/21
Erect Dayflower	Commelina erecta	8/7/22	7/12/21
Catnip (introduced)	Nepeta cataria	8/7/22	7/17/21
Whole-leaf rosinweed	Silphium integrifolium	6/25/22	6/26/21
White (nettle-leaf) verbena	Verbena urtiicifolia	8/6/22	7/12/21
Blue sage	Salvia azurea	7/23/22	6/19/21
Green milkweed	Asclepias viridiflora	6/20/22	6/26/21
Starry campion	Silene stellata	6/22/22	7/3/21
Velvety gaura	Gaura mollis (parviflora)	8/7/22	7/12/21
White four-o'clock	Mirabilis albida	8/7/22
Narrowleaf four-o'clock	Mirabilis linearis	6/17/22	7/12/21
Cut-leaf evening primrose	Oenothera laciniata
Prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	8/14/22	7/31/21
Louisiana lettuce	Lactuca ludoviciana
Canadian lettuce	Lactuca canadesis		7/31/21
Water speedwell	Veronica anagallis-aquatica	8/6/22	5/29/21
Hog peanut	Amphicarpaea bracteata	8/14/22	7/12/21
One-seeded croton	Croton monanthogynus	6/25/22	6/12/21
Side oats grama	Bouteloua curtipendula	7/11/22	7/12/21
Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	6/7/22	6/19/21
Pitcher's clematis	Clematis pitcheri
Puncture Vine	Tribulus terrestris
Bush morning glory	Ipomoea leptophylla		7/13/21
Pale seed	Leucospora multifida
Fluxweed	Isanthus brachiatus
Stickleaf	Mentzelia oligosperma		6/14/21
Western ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	7/11/22	7/12/21
American bellflower	Campanulastrum americanum	7/23/22	7/20/21
Round-headed prairie clover	Dalea multiflora	7/11/22	7/25/21
Long-bearded hawkweed	Hieracium longipilum	7/4/22	7/13/21
Golden aster	Heterotheca canescens	7/23/22	8/23/21
Downy agrimony	Agrimonia pubscens		8/15/21
Purple toothcup	Ammannia coccinea
Lance-leaf sage	Salvia reflexa
Blue verbena	Verbena hastata	8/6/22	7/31/21
Eyebane	Chamaesyce nutans	8/14/22	7/31/21
Clammy weed	Polanisia dodecandra	6/4/22	8/20/21
Missouri goldenrod	Solidago missouriensis	7/29/22	7/28/21
Grayhead prairie coneflower	Ratibida pinnata	7/4/22	7/12/21
Snow-on-the-mountain	Euphorbia marginata	7/23/22	7/13/21
Umbrella sedge	Fuirena simplex
Jerusalem artichoke	Helianthus tuberosus	8/14/22	7/17/21
Tall bush clover	Lespedeza stuevei		8/7/21
Hairy grama	Bouteloua hirsuta		7/25/21
Nine-anther prairie clover	Dalea enneandra
Pokeweed	Phytolacca americana		8/7/21
Blue grama	Bouteloua gracilis
Prairie cordgrass	Spartina pectinata	7/31/22	7/31/21
Wild marigold	Dyssodia papposa	8/26/22
Spring lady's tresses	Spiranthes vernalis	7/31/22	7/31/21
Wooly croton	Croton capitatus	8/20/22
Hairy sunflower	Helianthus hirsutus	7/23/22	7/12/21
Maryland figwort	Scrophularia marilandica
Buckbrush (Coralberry)	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	8/7/22	7/31/21
Flowering spurge	Euphorbia corollata	5/30/22
Six-angled spurge	Euphorbia hexagona
Selfheal (intro.)	Prunella vulgaris	8/6/22	7/17/21
Painted spurge	Euphorbia cyathophora
Canada goldenrod	Solidago altissima	8/7/22	7/28/21
Tall thistle	Cirsium altissimum	8/17/22	9/7/21
False boneset	Brickellia eupatorioides	7/14/22	9/7/21
American Bugleweed	Lycopus americanus	8/6/22	7/17/21
Burdock (intro.)	Arctium minus	8/7/22	7/17/21
Chicory (intor.)	Cichorium intybus	8/7/22	7/17/21
Showy tickclover	Desmodium canescens	8/7/22
Panicled tickclover	Desmodium paniculatum	7/11/22	8/12/21
Sessile tickclover	Desmodium sessillifolium	8/6/22	8/7/21
Wild senna	Senna marilandica	8/3/22
Showy partridge pea	Cassia chamaecrestia	7/31/22	8/3/21
Wingstem	Verbesina alternifolia	8/3/22	8/10/21
Big Bluestem	Andropogon gerardii	7/11/22	7/12/21
Switch grass	Panicum virgatum	8/6/22	8/3/21
Button blazing star	Liatris aspera	8/26/22	8/16/21
Maximilian sunflower	Helianthus maximilianii	8/29/22	8/27/21
White snakeroot	Eupatorium rugosum	8/7/22	8/16/21
Common evening primrose	Oenothera villosa	8/14/22	7/31/21
Subcordate water-plantain	Alisma subcordatum	8/6/22	7/31/21
Round-head lespedeza	Lespedeza capitata	8/17/22	8/2/21
Purple top	Tridens flavus	8/7/22	8/16/21
Catnip giant hyssop	Agastache nepetoides
Virginia smartweed	Polygonum virginianum		8/18/21
Late goldenrod	Solidago gigantea
Tall Joe Pye weed	Eupatorium altissimum	8/17/22	8/10/21
Large-flowered gaura	Gaura longiflora
Indian grass	Sorgastrum nutans		8/16/21
Rigid goldenrod	Solidago rigida	8/20/22	8/16/21
Autumn onion	Allium stellatum	8/20/22	9/4/21
Sawtooth sunflower	Helianthus grosseserratus
Ditch stonecrop	Penthorum sedoides		7/17/21
Little bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparius	8/3/22	9/7/21
False sunflower	Heliopsis helianthoides	7/29/22
Queen Ann's lace (intro.)	Daucus carota	8/7/22	7/17/21
Stiff sunflower	Helianthus pauciflorus (rigidus)	7/29/22	1/2/00
Bur cucumber	Sicyos angulatus
Dotted gayfeather	Liatris punctata		8/10/21
Swamp milkweed	Asclepias incarnata
Fine-leaf gerardia	Agalinis densiflora		8/21/21
Rough purple gerardia	Agalinis aspera		8/21/21
Tall dropseed	Sporobolus compositus		9/7/21
Purple love grass	Eragrostis spectabilis		9/7/21
Heath aster	Symphyotrichum ericoides	9/10/22	9/4/21
Showy goldenrod	Solidago speciosa		9/7/21
Drummond's aster	Symphyotrichum drummondii	9/24/22	8/16/21
Purple leaf willowherb	Epilobium coloratum
Broomweed	Gutierrezia dracunculoides	8/7/22	7/28/21
Cardinal flower	Lobelia cardinalis	8/6/22	7/31/21
Smooth blue aster	Symphyotrichum laevis		9/13/21
Great blue lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica		9/13/21
Aromatic aster	Symphyotrichum oblongifolium	9/24/22
Silky aster	Symphyotrichum sericeus
Devil's beggar-ticks	Bidens frondosa
Louisianna sagewort	Artemisia ludoviciana	9/10/22
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		5/29/21
Coreopsis beggar-ticks	Bidens aristosa
Sweet everlasting	Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium	9/25/22
Panicled aster	Symphyotrichum lanceolatum	9/25/22	9/18/21
Hairy aster	Symphyotrichum pilosum		8/23/21
Lady's tresses	Spiranthes cernua	9/25/22	9/18/21
Downy Gentian	Gentiana puberulenta