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Collection Holdings native to Kentucky:

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

      Asteraceae

        Subfamily Asteroideae
        Tribe Astereae

        • Solidago rigida - central & eastern US & Canada

        Subfamily Asteroideae
        Tribe Heliantheae

        • Helianthus tuberosus - eastern North America

        Cactaceae

          Subfamily Opuntioideae
          Tribe Opuntieae

          • Opuntia humifusa - eastern US W/C

          Convolvulaceae

            Subfamily Convolvuloideae
            Tribe Convolvuleae

            • Calystegia sepium - Europe, Asia, North America

            Cystopteridaceae

            • Cystopteris bulbifera - eastern 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

              Fagaceae

                Subfamily Castaneoideae

                • Castanea dentata - E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.

                Hydrocharitaceae

                • Elodea canadensis - S. Canada to U.S.A.
                • Vallisneria americana - N. America to Honduras, Colombia, Caribbean

                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

                Loganiaceae

                • Spigelia marilandica - southeastern USA

                Lygodiaceae

                • Lygodium palmatum - eastern USA

                Lythraceae

                  Subfamily Lythroideae
                  Tribe Nesaeeae

                  • Decodon verticillatus - eastern USA and Canada W/C

                  Oleaceae

                    Subfamily
                    Tribe Oleeae

                    • Fraxinus americana - USA W/C

                    Orobanchaceae

                      Subfamily
                      Tribe Pedicularideae

                      • Pedicularis lanceolata - central & eastern US & Canada

                      Papaveraceae

                        Subfamily Fumarioideae
                        Tribe Fumarieae

                        • Capnoides sempervirens - USA, Canada W/C

                        Subfamily Papaveroideae
                        Tribe Chelidonieae

                        • Stylophorum diphyllum - central USA

                        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 Coptidoideae
                              Tribe Coptideae

                              • Xanthorhiza simplicissima - southeastern USA

                              Subfamily Isopyroideae
                              Tribe Isopyreae

                              • Aquilegia canadensis - USA, Canada W/C

                              Subfamily Ranunculoideae
                              Tribe Cimicifugeae

                              • Actaea racemosa - eastern North America

                              Salviniaceae

                              • Azolla caroliniana - Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies

                              Santalaceae

                              • Phoradendron leucarpum - southern US & Mexico W/C

                              Smilacaceae

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

                              Talinaceae

                              • Talinum paniculatum - southern US toSouth America

                              Urticaceae

                                Subfamily
                                Tribe Urticeae

                                • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                Violaceae

                                • Viola labradorica - eastern North America
                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 37 accessions native to Kentucky

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

                                data regenerated on Fri, 09 May 2025 02:08:21 -0400

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