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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.

              Colchicaceae

                Subfamily
                Tribe Uvularieae

                • Uvularia grandiflora - SC. & SE. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                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

                      Orobanchaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Pedicularideae

                        • Castilleja coccinea -

                        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 32 accessions native to Kansas

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

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