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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

          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 incarnata - south-central and southeastern USA, Bermuda
                    • 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
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                          = accession added within past 90 days

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