Quick answer: 15 native Oklahoma plants have a recorded bloom range that includes November.
15 species
- Apache plume Fallugia paradoxa · 8 states
- 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
- Maximilian sunflower Helianthus maximiliani · 3 states
- Maypop passionflower Passiflora incarnata · 21 states
- Prairie blazing star Liatris pycnostachya · 19 states
- Sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula · 38 states
- Swamp sunflower Helianthus angustifolius · 21 states
- Switchgrass Panicum virgatum · 43 states
- Western ironweed Vernonia baldwinii · 1 states
- White heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides · 26 states
- Witch-hazel Hamamelis virginiana · 33 states
November in an Oklahoma native garden
November is a quieter month in Oklahoma: 15 of the state's 247 native plants flower in November, compared with 159 at the May peak. That makes these plants valuable for keeping color, and food for pollinators, going outside the main season.
10 finish in November, including Big bluestem, Blackfoot daisy and Blue mistflower, so this is the last chance to see them in flower.
12 of them grow in full or partial sun and 3 tolerate shade, so there are options for open beds and woodland edges alike. Sizes run from low plants like Buffalograss and Sideoats grama to trees such as Maypop passionflower and Witch-hazel. For wildlife, 14 support pollinators, 10 provide food or cover for birds and 7 are caterpillar host plants.
12 of the 15 have a seed or plant listing we verified as the wild species. Be careful buying Apache plume, Switchgrass: common listings for these 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