Kansas playas

Guide to plants found in western Kansas playas

pitseed goosefoot 1
Chenopodium berlandieri
desert goosefoot 2
Chenopodium pratericola
Kochia scoparia 3
Bassia scoparia
knotweeds, smartweeds, and waterpeppers 4
Persicaria
Pink Smartweed 5
Persicaria bicornis
pinkweed 6
Persicaria pensylvanica
prostrate knotweed 7
Polygonum aviculare
bushy knotweed 8
Polygonum ramosissimum
Common purslane 9
Portulaca oleracea
shaggy portulaca 10
Portulaca pilosa
curled dock 11
Rumex crispus
Russian thistles 12
Salsola
tumbleweed 13
Salsola tragus
Redroot Pigweed 14
Amaranthus retroflexus

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