Useful books and websites Flora Association. T.M. Barkley, editor. National Park Service Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of , 1986. U.S. Department of the Interior Haddock, Michael John. Wildflowers and Grasses of Tallgrass National Preserve Kansas: A Field Guide. University Press of Kansas, 2005. Strong City, Kansas Ladd, Doug. Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers. Falcon Press Publishing, 1995. Common Wildflowers Found at Wooly verbena Snow-on-the-mountain Cardinal Maximilian sunflower Owensby, Clenton E. Kansas Prairie Wildflowers. KS Euphorbia marginata Lobelia cardinalis Helianthus maximilianii Verbena stricta Publishing, Inc. 2004. Blooms: June - September Blooms: June - October Blooms: August - September Blooms: August - September Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Kansas Native Society: www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses: www.kswildflower.org Image Credits The images used in this brochure (unless otherwise noted) are credited to Mike Haddock, Agriculture Librarian Common sunflower Compass Round-head bush clover Broomweed and Chair of the Sciences Department at Kansas State Wild parsley Cream wild indigo Helianthus annuus Silphium laciniatum Lespedeza capitata Gutierrezia dracunculoides University Libraries and editor of the website Kansas Lomatium foeniculaceum Baptisia bracteata Blooms: July - September Blooms: August - September Blooms: August - October Blooms: March - April Blooms: April - May Blooms: July - September Wildflowers and Grasses at kswildflower.org. He is also editor of the book, Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide. For More Information Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a unique public / private partnership between the National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and the Kansas Park Trust. Fetid marigold Prairie blazing star False boneset Jerusalem artichoke The preserve offers a variety of activities, including ranch False garlic Ground-plum milk-vetch Dyssodia papposa punctata Brickellia eupatorioides Helianthus tuberosus Nothoscordum bivalve Astragalus crassicarpus Blooms: July - September Blooms: July - September Blooms: August - October Blooms: August - October house tours, hiking trails, prairie bus tours (May - Blooms: April - May Blooms: April - 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

Credit: Eva Horne Eva Credit: 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. Western ironweed Wild senna Lady’s tresses Rigid goldenrod Prairie violet Fringed puccoon Vernonia baldwinii Senna marilandica Spiranthes cernua Solidago rigida The preserve may also be contacted at: Viola pedatifida Lithospermum incisum Blooms: July - September Blooms: July - September Blooms: August - October Blooms: August - October Blooms: April - May Blooms: April - June Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve P.O. Box 585, 226 Broadway Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845 E-mail: [email protected]

Blue sage Button blazing star Aromatic aster Heath aster New Jersey Tea Old plainsman Salvia azurea Liatris aspera Aster oblongifolius Ceanothus herbaceus scabiosaeus Blooms: July - October Blooms: August - September Blooms: September - October Blooms: September - October EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ Blooms: April - June Blooms: April - June 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, Nuttall’s death camass Plains prickly pear Pale poppy mallow Pincushion cactus Buffalo gourd Butterfly milkweed Zigadenus nuttallii Opuntia macrorhiza Callirhoe alcaeoides Escobaria vivipara Cucurbita foetidissima Asclepias tuberosa arranged from earliest to latest. Blooms: May - June Blooms: May - June Blooms: May - August Blooms: May - August Blooms: June - August Blooms: June - August

Prairie ragwort Spider antelopehorn Prairie larkspur Prairie turnip Prairie coneflower Prairie spiderwort Common milkweed Lead plant Packera plattensis Asclepias asperula Delphinium carolinianum Pediomelum esculentum Ratibida columnifera Tradescantia ohiensis Asclepias syriaca Amorpha canescens Blooms: April - June Blooms: April - June Blooms: May - June Blooms: May - June Blooms: May - August Blooms: May - August Blooms: June - August Blooms: June - August

Violet wood sorrel White-eyed grass Smooth sumac bundle-flower Wild four-o’clock Buffalo bur Purple prairie-clover Silver- scurf-pea Oxalis violacea Sisyrinchium campestre Rhus glabra Desmanthus illinoensis Mirabilis nyctaginea Solanum rostratum Dalea purpurea Pediomelum argophyllum Blooms: April - June, Sept. Blooms: April - June Blooms: May - June Blooms: May - July Blooms: May - August Blooms: May - September Blooms: June - August Blooms: June - August

Purple poppy mallow Blue wild indigo evening primrose Prairie wild rose Catclaw sensitive briar Daisy fleabane Wavy-leaf thistle Wild bergamot Callirhoe involucrata Baptisia australis Oenothera macrocarpa Rosa arkansana nuttallii Erigeron strigosus Cirsium undulatum Monarda fistulosa Blooms: April - August Blooms: May - June Blooms: May - July Blooms: May - July Blooms: May - September Blooms: May - September Blooms: June - August Blooms: June - August

Cobaea False indigo Spider milkweed Wild alfalfa Narrow-leaf bluets Purple coneflower Curly-cup gumweed Western yarrow Penstemon cobaea Amorpha fructicosa Asclepias viridis Psoralidium tenuiflorum Hedyotis nigricans Echinacea angustifolia Grindelia squarrosa Achillea millefolium Blooms: May - June Blooms: May - June Blooms: May - July Blooms: May - July Blooms: May - September Blooms: June - July Blooms: June - September Blooms: June - September