Quick answer: 10 native Kansas plants have a recorded bloom range that includes November.
10 species
- Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii · 41 states
- Blackfoot daisy Melampodium leucanthum · 6 states
- Blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum · 32 states
- Buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides · 19 states
- Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium · 42 states
- Maypop passionflower Passiflora incarnata · 21 states
- Prairie blazing star Liatris pycnostachya · 19 states
- Sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula · 38 states
- Switchgrass Panicum virgatum · 43 states
- White heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides · 26 states
November in a Kansas native garden
November is a quieter month in Kansas: 10 of the state's 183 native plants flower in November, compared with 113 at the May peak. That makes these plants valuable for keeping color, and food for pollinators, going outside the main season.
7 finish in November, including Big bluestem, Blackfoot daisy and Blue mistflower, so this is the last chance to see them in flower.
Sizes run from low plants like Buffalograss and Sideoats grama to trees such as Maypop passionflower. For wildlife, 10 support pollinators, 6 provide food or cover for birds and 7 are caterpillar host plants.
9 of the 10 have a seed or plant listing we verified as the wild species. Be careful buying Switchgrass: common listings for it are often a bred variety or a different species.
Good places to start
Verified wild-species listings that take sun and are widely native, so they are forgiving first plants.
- Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium · Sun, Part Shade · blooms Jun-Dec
- Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii · Sun, Part Shade · blooms Aug-Nov
- Sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula · Sun, Part Shade · blooms Jun-Nov