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Common Wildflowers Found at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior
Tallgrass Prairie National PreserveStrong City, Kansas
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For More InformationTallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a unique public / private partnership between the National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and the Kansas Park Trust. The preserve offers a variety of activities, including ranch house tours, hiking trails, prairie bus tours (May - October), and more. The historic ranch headquarters and Lower Fox Creek Schoolhouse area are open daily 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, except Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1. The Southwind Nature Trail and Bottomland Trail are open daylight hours year-round. Please call 620-273-8494 to learn more about the preserve and the different activities available or visit the preserve’s official website at www.nps.gov/tapr.
The preserve may also be contacted at:
Tallgrass Prairie National PreserveP.O. Box 585, 226 BroadwayCottonwood Falls, KS 66845
E-mail: [email protected]
Image CreditsThe images used in this brochure (unless otherwise noted) are credited to Mike Haddock, Agriculture Librarian and Chair of the Sciences Department at Kansas State University Libraries and editor of the website Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses at kswildflower.org. He is also editor of the book, Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide.
Useful books and websitesGreat Plains Flora Association. T.M. Barkley, editor. Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas, 1986.Haddock, Michael John. Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide. University Press of Kansas, 2005.Ladd, Doug. Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers. Falcon Press Publishing, 1995.Owensby, Clenton E. Kansas Prairie Wildflowers. KS Publishing, Inc. 2004.
Kansas Native Plants Society: www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org
Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses: www.kswildflower.org
Jerusalem artichokeHelianthus tuberosus Blooms: August - October
Round-head bush cloverLespedeza capitata Blooms: August - September
Heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoides Blooms: September - October
BroomweedGutierrezia dracunculoides Blooms: August - October
Fetid marigoldDyssodia papposaBlooms: July - September
Western ironweedVernonia baldwinii Blooms: July - September
Button blazing starLiatris aspera Blooms: August - September
Cardinal flowerLobelia cardinalis Blooms: August - September
Ground-plum milk-vetchAstragalus crassicarpus Blooms: April - May
Prairie blazing starLiatris punctataBlooms: July - September
Aromatic asterAster oblongifoliusBlooms: September - October
Prairie violetViola pedatifida Blooms: April - May
Wild parsleyLomatium foeniculaceumBlooms: March - April
False garlicNothoscordum bivalve Blooms: April - May
Rigid goldenrodSolidago rigida Blooms: August - October
Common sunflowerHelianthus annuusBlooms: July - September
False bonesetBrickellia eupatorioides Blooms: August - October
Lady’s tressesSpiranthes cernuaBlooms: August - October
Wild sennaSenna marilandica Blooms: July - September
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Old plainsmanHymenopappus scabiosaeusBlooms: April - June
Maximilian sunflowerHelianthus maximilianii Blooms: August - September
New Jersey TeaCeanothus herbaceusBlooms: April - June
Cream wild indigoBaptisia bracteata Blooms: April - May
Fringed puccoonLithospermum incisumBlooms: April - June
Blue sageSalvia azureaBlooms: July - October
Snow-on-the-mountainEuphorbia marginataBlooms: June - October
Compass plantSilphium laciniatumBlooms: July - September
Wooly verbenaVerbena strictaBlooms: June - September
Tallgrass Prairie Ablaze in Color!Blooming throughout the spring, summer, and autumn, the tallgrass prairie is home to over 350 species of wildflowers, shrubs, and other flowering plants. Beginning on the front of this brochure, 66 common species are pictured, along with their bloming times, arranged from earliest to latest.
Wild alfalfaPsoralidium tenuiflorumBlooms: May - July
Purple prairie-cloverDalea purpureaBlooms: June - August
Daisy fleabaneErigeron strigosus Blooms: May - September
Narrow-leaf bluetsHedyotis nigricans Blooms: May - September
Nuttall’s death camassZigadenus nuttalliiBlooms: May - June
False indigoAmorpha fructicosa Blooms: May - June
Butterfly milkweedAsclepias tuberosaBlooms: June - August
Blue wild indigoBaptisia australis Blooms: May - June
Smooth sumacRhus glabraBlooms: May - June
Prairie larkspurDelphinium carolinianum Blooms: May - June
Catclaw sensitive briarMimosa nuttallii Blooms: May - September
Plains prickly pearOpuntia macrorhiza Blooms: May - June
Silver-leaf scurf-peaPediomelum argophyllum Blooms: June - August
Prairie coneflowerRatibida columnifera Blooms: May - August
Illinois bundle-flowerDesmanthus illinoensis Blooms: May - July
Purple coneflowerEchinacea angustifoliaBlooms: June - July
Buffalo gourdCucurbita foetidissimaBlooms: June - August
Pale poppy mallowCallirhoe alcaeoides Blooms: May - August
White-eyed grassSisyrinchium campestre Blooms: April - June
Missouri evening primroseOenothera macrocarpaBlooms: May - July
Spider milkweedAsclepias viridis Blooms: May - July
Buffalo burSolanum rostratum Blooms: May - September
Wavy-leaf thistleCirsium undulatumBlooms: June - August
Curly-cup gumweedGrindelia squarrosa Blooms: June - September
Prairie turnipPediomelum esculentumBlooms: May - June
Pincushion cactusEscobaria vivipara Blooms: May - August
Prairie wild roseRosa arkansana Blooms: May - July
Wild four-o’clockMirabilis nyctaginea Blooms: May - August
Wild bergamotMonarda fistulosaBlooms: June - August
Violet wood sorrelOxalis violaceaBlooms: April - June, Sept.
Prairie spiderwortTradescantia ohiensis Blooms: May - August
Lead plantAmorpha canescens Blooms: June - August
Common milkweedAsclepias syriaca Blooms: June - August
Cobaea penstemonPenstemon cobaeaBlooms: May - June
Purple poppy mallowCallirhoe involucrata Blooms: April - August
Spider antelopehornAsclepias asperula Blooms: April - June
Prairie ragwortPackera plattensis Blooms: April - June
Western yarrowAchillea millefolium Blooms: June - September
