Wild sunflowers

Helianthus annuus

Wild sunflowers usually bloom from late July to mid-September across the Kansas prairie, with the best color from late August into mid-September. That's the only region we track it in so far — the ladder below shows where it falls in the year.

Each rung is one region's usual window; the deeper stretch is its best weeks. A rung lit violet has its window open this week. Based on reports from iNaturalist naturalists.

Where to see them

Kansas prairie Kansas · late July – mid-September, best late August into mid-September

What's in bloom right now, state by state →

Based on reports from iNaturalist naturalists. We name public reserves, parks, and roads only — never exact pins, never private land.

Updated September 29, 2026. Bloom timing shifts with the year's weather — each region page carries that region's week-by-week curve and how this season is running.