Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Kansas
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Kansas. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Henbit deadnettle
1,304 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kansas native that fits the same spot.
Amur honeysuckle
1,132 sightingsLonicera maackii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, Limber honeysuckle, Yellow honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Sweetclover
928 sightingsMelilotus officinalis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kansas native that fits the same spot.
Field bindweed
817 sightingsConvolvulus arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas bindweed (native Convolvulus)
Common mullein
754 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kansas native that fits the same spot.
Shepherd's purse
733 sightingsCapsella bursa-pastoris · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kansas native that fits the same spot.
Green bristlegrass
720 sightingsSetaria viridis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Marsh bristlegrass, Grisebach's bristlegrass (native Setaria)
Garlic mustard
685 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kansas native that fits the same spot.
Red clover
654 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Carolina clover, Running buffalo clover (native Trifolium)
White mulberry
611 sightingsMorus alba · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Red mulberry, Texas mulberry (native Morus)
White clover
608 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Carolina clover, Running buffalo clover (native Trifolium)
Yellow salsify
595 sightingsTragopogon dubius · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kansas native that fits the same spot.
Johnsongrass
591 sightingsSorghum halepense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kansas native that fits the same spot.
Field pennycress
564 sightingsThlaspi arvense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kansas native that fits the same spot.
Corn gromwell
556 sightingsBuglossoides arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kansas native that fits the same spot.