🌸 State flowers
Kentucky in bloom
Kentucky's official flower is the goldenrod (1926). Meet it, then explore 110 Kentucky wildflowers and garden favorites by bloom month.
Goldenrod
Solidago
Named Kentucky's official state flower in 1926 (KRS § 2.090). The law names “the goldenrod” without a species, so this page covers the genus. In Kentucky, most flowering sightings come in August–October.
Meet the goldenrods →Sources: KRS § 2.090; iNaturalist flowering records.
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Explore 110 Kentucky flowers
101 wildflowers and flowering shrubs, picked from Kentucky's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 9 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
Showing 109 flowers
Virginia springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
3,063 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
3,017 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
2,779 KY sightings on iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–September
2,617 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
2,561 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
2,542 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Dwarf larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–May
2,469 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Roses (genus Rosa)
Rosa
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–June
2,453 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
2,261 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–May
2,074 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
2,068 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
2,045 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Woodland stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
1,965 KY sightings on iNaturalist
White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–October
1,863 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
1,818 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Toadshade
Trillium sessile
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
1,717 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Butterweed
Packera glabella
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–May
1,691 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–May
1,676 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
1,667 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–May
1,648 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–August
1,633 KY sightings on iNaturalist
White clover
Trifolium repens
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–August
1,631 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–September
1,523 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–July
1,517 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–October
1,449 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–October
1,436 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
1,417 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Celandine poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
1,389 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
1,372 KY sightings on iNaturalist
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–August
1,351 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot)
Daucus carota
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–September
1,339 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
1,334 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–October
1,293 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–September
1,256 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
1,247 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–August
1,231 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Dwarf crested iris
Iris cristata
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
1,215 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow trout lily
Erythronium americanum
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
1,209 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
1,202 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
🌼 Blooms in KY: August–October
1,191 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
1,189 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–June
1,189 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–May
1,186 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–May
1,178 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–June
1,175 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–August
1,171 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Violet woodsorrel
Oxalis violacea
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–May
1,163 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Fire pink
Silene virginica
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
1,149 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–September
1,128 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–August
1,122 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
1,076 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
1,064 KY sightings on iNaturalist
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–September
1,041 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Philadelphia fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–May
1,019 KY sightings on iNaturalist
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–July
1,002 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–August
995 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Poison hemlock
Conium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–June
989 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Low smartweed
Persicaria longiseta
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–November
989 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Sharp-lobed hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
984 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–June
974 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–August
962 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Cross vine
Bignonia capreolata
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
945 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Twinleaf
Jeffersonia diphylla
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
933 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Smooth yellow violet
Viola eriocarpa
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
903 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
889 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild comfrey
Andersonglossum virginianum
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
867 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–October
866 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Solomon's plume (false Solomon's seal)
Maianthemum racemosum
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
839 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple phacelia
Phacelia bipinnatifida
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
836 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–August
821 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Cream violet
Viola striata
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
820 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
813 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Harbinger of spring
Erigenia bulbosa
🌼 Blooms in KY: February–March
798 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
796 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild yam
Dioscorea villosa
🌼 Few flowering records in KY
789 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–September
786 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia saxifrage
Micranthes virginiensis
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
781 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Frostweed
Verbesina virginica
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–October
780 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Great rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–July
769 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–July
765 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
752 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Miami mist
Phacelia purshii
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
751 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Great waterleaf
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
722 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow corydalis
Corydalis flavula
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
715 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
702 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Red trillium
Trillium erectum
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
692 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Rosepink
Sabatia angularis
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–August
689 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–August
687 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Asiatic dayflower
Commelina communis
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–October
682 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
🌼 Blooms in KY: February–November
670 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–July
670 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple cress
Cardamine douglassii
🌼 Blooms in KY: February–April
669 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Putty root
Aplectrum hyemale
🌼 Blooms in KY: April–May
666 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
665 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
🌼 Blooms in KY: August–October
664 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–August
648 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Leafy elephant's-foot
Elephantopus carolinianus
🌼 Blooms in KY: July–September
637 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Bird's-eye speedwell
Veronica persica
🌼 Blooms in KY: February–May
634 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Long-spurred violet
Viola rostrata
🌼 Blooms in KY: March–April
634 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Honey-vine climbing milkweed
Cynanchum laeve
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–September
623 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Chinese bushclover
Lespedeza cuneata
🌼 Blooms in KY: August–October
615 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌼 Blooms in KY: June–September
276 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌼 Blooms in KY: May–June
192 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌷 Grown in Kentucky gardens
75 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌷 Grown in Kentucky gardens
35 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌷 Grown in Kentucky gardens
8 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in Kentucky gardens
5 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in Kentucky gardens
1 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in Kentucky gardens
0 KY sightings on iNaturalist
Kentucky bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ Kentucky flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in Kentucky 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 Kentucky, 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 Kentucky's official flowers and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in Kentucky. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: Kentucky endangered and threatened plant lists (400 KAR 3:040, eff. 2026)
Invasive plant list: Kentucky noxious weeds and invasive plants on state rights-of-way (KRS 176.051; species list from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)