Flowers are grouped by size because color is not sufficiently precise to serve as the starting point for identification. Many shades fall somewhere between two major color groups and the names of colors mean different things to different people.
From the north city limits of Elkhart go 8 miles north on Highway 27 to the overlook in the Cimarron National Grassland where there are many wildflowers.
On your way stop at the Cimarron River picnic area and look around.
Take time to see the wildflowers as you hike along the old Santa Fe Trail. Enjoy!
15 miles south of Minneola on Highway US 283 is the Big Basin--a large circular depression about one mile in diameter and about 100 feet deep.
Please stay on the maintained roads. These flowers are less than 300 feet on either side of the maintained roads and the hiking trail to St. Jacob's Well.
The 1818 acres of native prairie is home for a herd of bison.
Located 12 miles southwest of Meade is Meade State Park, a place of outstanding beauty with wildflowers and other native vegetation to enjoy throughout the year. Wildflowering starts when the first flowers appear in late March and early April and continues through early October.
Be sure to see Mark's Mound--an area of native prairie that supports many wildflowers.
From Kingsdown, view the roadside flowers as you travel 9 miles south and 1 mile west on State Highway 94. Snuggled in Bluff Creek Canyon is Clark State Fishing Lake, a place of outstanding beauty with wildflowers and other native vegetation to enjoy throughout the year. Wildflowering starts when the first flowers appear in late March and early April and continues through early October. Then on to Ashland for more roadside flowers. Start from Ashland and reverse the route for another view of scenic Clark county and its wildflowers.
Clark State Fishing Lake wildflowers.
First time visitors to southwestern Kansas are struck by the huge expanses of wheat, milo, sunflowers, and a miscellany of other crops whose plantings are measured not in acres, but in sections. These megacroppings have considerably reduced the original stands of short grass prairie, and wildflower enthusiasts must seek out pasture lands, or a few small protected sites which harbor reflect populations of native plants. One such mini preserve, which consistently yields a plethora of wildflowers, is Coronado Cross Park, a small 10 acre plot overlooking the Arkansas River 1 1/2 miles east of Fort Dodge in Ford County.
Also see: Native Kansas Prairie
[Fred's Flower Finder] [Southwest Kansas Wildflowers]Donated in memory of Fred Meyer, Jr.
to the Ford County Historical Society, Dodge City, KS: February 2014
Kansas Heritage Group