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Collection Holdings native to Kansas:

Acoraceae

  • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

Apocynaceae

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Tribe Asclepiadeae

    • Asclepias tuberosa - SE. Canada, U.S.A. to N. Mexico

    Araceae

      Subfamily Lemnoideae

      • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan
      • Wolffia columbiana - N & S America

      Asparagaceae

        Subfamily Agavoideae
        Tribe Agaveae

        • Yucca glauca - Central N. America - Iowa to Texas and N. Dakota.

        Asteraceae

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Astereae

          • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada
          • Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa - western plains & rocky mountains, USA

          Subfamily Asteroideae
          Tribe Heliantheae

          • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

          Boraginaceae

            Subfamily Hydrophylloideae

            • Hydrophyllum virginianum - central & eastern US & Canada

            Cactaceae

              Subfamily Opuntioideae
              Tribe Opuntieae

              • Opuntia fragilis - western US - wide distribution, but not common
              • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

              Ceratophyllaceae

              • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

              Convolvulaceae

                Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                Tribe Convolvuleae

                • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

                Equisetaceae

                • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                Fabaceae

                  Subfamily Faboideae
                  Tribe Amorpheae

                  • Amorpha fruticosa - originally from se USA, now widespread across North America

                  Subfamily Faboideae
                  Tribe Phaseoleae

                  • Apios americana - eastern North America

                  Hydrocharitaceae

                  • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.

                  Juncaginaceae

                  • Triglochin maritima - Temp. Northern Hemisphere, S. South America W/C

                  Lentibulariaceae

                  • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
                  • Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza - Siberia to Russian Far East and N. China, N. Japan, N. America W/C

                  Martyniaceae

                  • Proboscidea louisianica - southwestern United States and Mexico

                  Oleaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Oleeae

                    • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                    Passifloraceae

                      Subfamily Passifloroideae
                      Tribe Passifloreae

                      • Passiflora lutea - eastern USA

                      Penthoraceae

                      • Penthorum sedoides - central & eastern US & Canada

                      Poaceae

                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                        Tribe Andropogoneae

                        • Schizachyrium scoparium - Canada to Mexico

                        Subfamily Panicoideae
                        Tribe Paniceae

                        • Panicum sphaerocarpon - SE. Canada to Ecuador, Cuba, SE. Brazil

                        Ranunculaceae

                          Subfamily Isopyroideae
                          Tribe Isopyreae

                          • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                          Saururaceae

                          • Anemopsis californica - W. & C. U.S.A. to Mexico W/C

                          Smilacaceae

                          • Smilax tamnoides - S. Ontario to C. & E. U.S.A.

                          Urticaceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Urticeae

                            • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates
                            The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 30 accessions native to Kansas

                            W/C = Wild Collected
                            = indicates flowering in past 14 days
                            = images available for this accession
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                            = accession added within past 90 days

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