🌸 State flowers
Indiana in bloom
Indiana's official flower is the peony (1957). Meet it, then explore 109 Indiana wildflowers and garden favorites by bloom month.
Peony
Paeonia
Named Indiana's official state flower in 1957 (Ind. Code § 1-2-7-1). The law names the peony without a species, so this page covers the genus. (Indiana's earlier state flowers were the carnation, the tulip tree blossom and the zinnia.)
Meet the peonies →Sources: Ind. Code § 1-2-7-1; iNaturalist flowering records.
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Explore 109 Indiana flowers
100 wildflowers and flowering shrubs, picked from Indiana's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 9 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
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Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–August
5,213 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
4,869 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
4,801 IN sightings on iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–September
4,359 IN sightings on iNaturalist
White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–October
4,155 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Roses (genus Rosa)
Rosa
🌼 Blooms in IN: May–July
3,963 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–July
3,760 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
3,700 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–April
3,217 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–April
3,081 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
2,941 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
2,747 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
2,608 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
2,572 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
🌼 Blooms in IN: May–June
2,463 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
🌼 Blooms in IN: August–September
2,397 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
2,327 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–April
2,311 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
2,235 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot)
Daucus carota
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–September
2,223 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Harbinger of spring
Erigenia bulbosa
🌼 Blooms in IN: February–April
2,137 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–September
2,124 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
2,085 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–October
2,049 IN sightings on iNaturalist
White clover
Trifolium repens
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–September
2,016 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
2,015 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
🌼 Blooms in IN: May–October
1,970 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Butterweed
Packera glabella
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–June
1,957 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow trout lily
Erythronium americanum
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–April
1,956 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern skunk cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
🌼 Blooms in IN: January–April
1,860 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Celandine poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
1,858 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–August
1,843 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–September
1,822 IN sightings on iNaturalist
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–September
1,800 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–October
1,798 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–August
1,774 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Black raspberry
Rubus occidentalis
🌼 Few flowering records in IN
1,754 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Low smartweed
Persicaria longiseta
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–October
1,725 IN sightings on iNaturalist
False rue anemone
Enemion biternatum
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
1,723 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Solomon's plume (false Solomon's seal)
Maianthemum racemosum
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–June
1,722 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–October
1,677 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–September
1,602 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
1,582 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–October
1,566 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Creeping thistle
Cirsium arvense
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–September
1,537 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–August
1,509 IN sightings on iNaturalist
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–July
1,469 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–August
1,411 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Toadshade
Trillium sessile
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
1,403 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
🌼 Blooms in IN: May–September
1,391 IN sightings on iNaturalist
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
🌼 Blooms in IN: August–October
1,380 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Swamp rose mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–September
1,373 IN sightings on iNaturalist
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–August
1,292 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
🌼 Blooms in IN: April
1,273 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Sharp-lobed hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–April
1,264 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Great waterleaf
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–June
1,262 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser periwinkle
Vinca minor
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
1,227 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–June
1,223 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Bittersweet nightshade
Solanum dulcamara
🌼 Blooms in IN: May–September
1,184 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
1,164 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Putty root
Aplectrum hyemale
🌼 Blooms in IN: May
1,158 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–June
1,145 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
1,139 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–August
1,135 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–September
1,134 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–October
1,117 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Fire pink
Silene virginica
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–June
1,111 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Cutleaf coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–September
1,110 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–September
1,096 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Asiatic dayflower
Commelina communis
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–October
1,091 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Dwarf larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
1,085 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Wild teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–August
1,066 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Common boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–September
1,059 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
🌼 Blooms in IN: August–October
1,053 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Grey-headed coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–September
1,052 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Purple cress
Cardamine douglassii
🌼 Blooms in IN: February–April
1,040 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Guelder-rose
Viburnum opulus
🌼 Blooms in IN: May
1,031 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–April
1,015 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
989 IN sightings on iNaturalist
White baneberry
Actaea pachypoda
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
988 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–October
973 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Common soapwort
Saponaria officinalis
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–October
970 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Prairie dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–September
898 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Fall phlox
Phlox paniculata
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–October
896 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–September
877 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–August
873 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–August
872 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Largeflower bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
853 IN sightings on iNaturalist
White vervain
Verbena urticifolia
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–September
844 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–October
844 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Velvetleaf
Abutilon theophrasti
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–October
833 IN sightings on iNaturalist
White fawnlily
Erythronium albidum
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–April
819 IN sightings on iNaturalist
American bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
817 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
🌼 Blooms in IN: May–June
815 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌼 Blooms in IN: May–August
807 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
795 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Poison hemlock
Conium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in IN: May–June
790 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
777 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
772 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Ghost pipe
Monotropa uniflora
🌼 Blooms in IN: July–September
767 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
🌼 Blooms in IN: March–May
766 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌼 Blooms in IN: June–July
322 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌷 Grown in Indiana gardens
77 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in IN: April–May
62 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌷 Grown in Indiana gardens
62 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in Indiana gardens
2 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in Indiana gardens
1 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in Indiana gardens
1 IN sightings on iNaturalist
Indiana bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ Indiana flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in Indiana marked “Flowering,” as of October 17, 2026. Garden flowers have few records because research-grade data leaves out planted ones.
How we picked these flowers
We started from iNaturalist's research-grade sightings in Indiana, most-observed first, left out grasses, sedges, trees and other plants with tiny or wind-pollinated flowers (plus poison ivy), kept at most three species per genus, and added Indiana's official flowers and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in Indiana. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: Indiana has no state law listing endangered or threatened plants (the DNR keeps a rare plant list, but it isn't regulatory), so we show NatureServe's Indiana ranks instead.
Invasive plant list: Indiana prohibited invasive terrestrial plants (312 IAC 18-3-25)