🌸 State flowers
Missouri in bloom
Missouri's official flower is the hawthorn (1923). Meet it, then explore 109 Missouri wildflowers and garden favorites by bloom month.
Hawthorn
Crataegus
Named Missouri's official state flower in 1923 (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 10.030). The law names the hawthorn genus, Crataegus (“red haw” or “wild haw”), so this page covers the genus. Hawthorns are small trees, included because they're official.
Meet the hawthorns →Sources: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 10.030; iNaturalist flowering records.
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Explore 109 Missouri flowers
101 wildflowers and flowering shrubs, picked from Missouri's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 8 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
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Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–August
4,073 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
3,502 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–April
3,470 MO sightings on iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–October
3,150 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–April
3,020 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
2,813 MO sightings on iNaturalist
White clover
Trifolium repens
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–July
2,441 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–July
2,421 MO sightings on iNaturalist
White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
🌼 Blooms in MO: August–October
2,381 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–September
2,361 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Roses (genus Rosa)
Rosa
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–June
2,361 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–September
2,336 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–August
2,014 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–October
1,957 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–April
1,895 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–April
1,890 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–April
1,878 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
🌼 Blooms in MO: July–October
1,858 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,834 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,823 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–April
1,775 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–August
1,751 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,720 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
🌼 Blooms in MO: July–October
1,715 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,714 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–August
1,693 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot)
Daucus carota
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–October
1,671 MO sightings on iNaturalist
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–September
1,666 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–October
1,637 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,590 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–June
1,579 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–April
1,578 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–July
1,554 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
1,545 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba
🌼 Blooms in MO: July–September
1,506 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Violet woodsorrel
Oxalis violacea
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,488 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Low smartweed
Persicaria longiseta
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–October
1,445 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Rose vervain
Glandularia canadensis
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,428 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
1,399 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
🌼 Blooms in MO: August–October
1,396 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern beebalm
Monarda bradburyana
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
1,394 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
🌼 Blooms in MO: August–October
1,356 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Butterweed
Packera glabella
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,321 MO sightings on iNaturalist
American germander
Teucrium canadense
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–July
1,314 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–August
1,309 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Painted-cup paintbrush
Castilleja coccinea
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–June
1,273 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Beefsteak plant
Perilla frutescens
🌼 Blooms in MO: September–October
1,259 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
1,243 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
1,239 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium
🌼 Few flowering records in MO
1,232 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Hairy ruellia
Ruellia humilis
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–September
1,227 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–September
1,213 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Bird's foot violet
Viola pedata
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,210 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–August
1,192 MO sightings on iNaturalist
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
🌼 Blooms in MO: July–September
1,186 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Grey-headed coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–November
1,173 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Dwarf larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
1,158 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–September
1,126 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Reflexed wild ginger
Asarum reflexum
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
1,122 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Largeflower bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
🌼 Blooms in MO: April
1,116 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Chinese bushclover
Lespedeza cuneata
🌼 Few flowering records in MO
1,113 MO sightings on iNaturalist
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–July
1,107 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Hoary puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
1,062 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–June
1,018 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–July
986 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–September
961 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Musk thistle
Carduus nutans
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–July
958 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
951 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
945 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Atlantic camas
Camassia scilloides
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
929 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Foxglove beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–June
922 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
898 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Purple passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
🌼 Blooms in MO: July–September
896 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Illinois bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis
🌼 Few flowering records in MO
889 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Deptford pink
Dianthus armeria
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–August
887 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Compass plant
Silphium laciniatum
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–August
880 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Fire pink
Silene virginica
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
822 MO sightings on iNaturalist
American field pansy
Viola rafinesquei
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–April
818 MO sightings on iNaturalist
False rue anemone
Enemion biternatum
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–May
792 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Crowpoison
Nothoscordum bivalve
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–October
781 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Purple milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–June
773 MO sightings on iNaturalist
White fawnlily
Erythronium albidum
🌼 Blooms in MO: March–April
770 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Pointed-leaved tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum glutinosum
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–August
767 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Hop trefoil
Trifolium campestre
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–June
751 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
🌼 Blooms in MO: February–December
750 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Prairie dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
🌼 Blooms in MO: July–October
746 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
🌼 Blooms in MO: July–September
741 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Prairie blazing star
Liatris pycnostachya
🌼 Blooms in MO: July–August
735 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Goat's rue
Tephrosia virginiana
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–June
734 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Common hibiscus
Hibiscus syriacus
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–September
732 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Poison hemlock
Conium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–June
730 MO sightings on iNaturalist
White vervain
Verbena urticifolia
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–August
726 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern shooting star
Primula meadia
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
726 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Asiatic dayflower
Commelina communis
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–October
717 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Leafy elephant's-foot
Elephantopus carolinianus
🌼 Blooms in MO: August–September
713 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Moth mullein
Verbascum blattaria
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–August
709 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Honey-vine climbing milkweed
Cynanchum laeve
🌼 Blooms in MO: June–September
701 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Wild comfrey
Andersonglossum virginianum
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
695 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Downy pagoda plant
Blephilia ciliata
🌼 Blooms in MO: May–June
694 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow star grass
Hypoxis hirsuta
🌼 Blooms in MO: April–May
691 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
🌼 Blooms in MO: August–October
682 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌷 Grown in Missouri gardens
203 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌷 Grown in Missouri gardens
157 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌷 Grown in Missouri gardens
67 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌷 Grown in Missouri gardens
41 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in Missouri gardens
2 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in Missouri gardens
0 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in Missouri gardens
0 MO sightings on iNaturalist
Missouri bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ Missouri flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in Missouri 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 Missouri, 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 Missouri's official flowers and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in Missouri. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: Missouri Wildlife Code endangered species (3 CSR 10-4.111), plants
Invasive plant list: Missouri noxious weed list (2 CSR 70-45.005)