🌸 State flowers
New Mexico in bloom
New Mexico's official flower is the yucca flower (1927). Meet it, then explore 152 New Mexico flowers, shrubs and trees by bloom month.
Yucca flower
Yucca
Named New Mexico's official state flower in 1927 (N.M. Stat. Ann. § 12-3-4). The law names the yucca flower without a species, so this page covers the genus. In New Mexico, most flowering sightings come in April–June.
Meet the yuccas →Sources: N.M. Stat. Ann. § 12-3-4; iNaturalist flowering records.
Explore 152 New Mexico flowers
101 wild plants (38 shrubs and 32 trees among all 152), picked from New Mexico's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 51 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
Showing 151 plants (plus the 1 official flower above)

Creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–August
16,151 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Soaptree yucca
Yucca elata
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
8,639 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Tree cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–July
8,178 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Silverleaf nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–August
5,680 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Apache plume
Fallugia paradoxa
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–October
4,405 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in NM: July–September
3,499 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Banana yucca
Yucca baccata
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–May
3,091 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Spinystar
Escobaria vivipara
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–July
3,006 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Fishhook barrel cactus
Ferocactus wislizeni
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
2,778 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Rubber rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
🌼 Blooms in NM: September–October
2,404 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Sacred datura
Datura wrightii
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–October
2,162 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Beardlip penstemon
Penstemon barbatus
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–August
2,122 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Pinewoods geranium
Geranium caespitosum
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–September
2,120 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Buffalo gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–August
2,098 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Wheeler sotol
Dasylirion wheeleri
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
2,057 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Honey mesquite
Neltuma glandulosa
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
1,882 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Scarlet gilia
Ipomopsis aggregata
🌼 Blooms in NM: July–September
1,827 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Wholeleaf paintbrush
Castilleja integra
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–September
1,762 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Gypsum phacelia
Phacelia integrifolia
🌼 Blooms in NM: March–May
1,762 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Strawberry hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus stramineus
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
1,639 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Redstem stork's-bill
Erodium cicutarium
🌼 Blooms in NM: March–May
1,575 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Horsetail milkweed
Asclepias subverticillata
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–September
1,508 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Field bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–August
1,490 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Plains pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–June
1,479 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Upright prairie coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–August
1,452 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Western blue flag
Iris missouriensis
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–June
1,442 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Touristplant
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
🌼 Blooms in NM: March–July
1,374 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Blackfoot daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–July
1,329 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Christmas cholla
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
1,324 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–September
1,285 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Richardson's geranium
Geranium richardsonii
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–September
1,263 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Rocky Mountain zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–September
1,202 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Colorado Four o'Clock
Mirabilis multiflora
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–October
1,168 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Creeping mahonia
Berberis repens
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–May
1,165 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Cut-leaf ironplant
Sideranthus spinulosus
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–September
1,162 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Scarlet globemallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–June
1,156 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Club-cholla
Grusonia clavata
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
1,152 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Western wallflower
Erysimum capitatum
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–July
1,135 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Redwhisker clammyweed
Polanisia dodecandra
🌼 Blooms in NM: July–September
1,116 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Flaxflowered ipomopsis
Ipomopsis longiflora
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–September
1,099 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Crown of thorns
Koeberlinia spinosa
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
1,093 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Rose heath
Chaetopappa ericoides
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–June
1,086 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Golden corydalis
Corydalis aurea
🌼 Blooms in NM: March–May
1,085 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Parry's agave
Agave parryi
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
1,081 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Cowpen daisy
Verbesina encelioides
🌼 Blooms in NM: August–October
1,068 NM sightings on iNaturalist

New Mexico locust
Robinia neomexicana
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–July
1,013 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Scarlet beeblossom
Oenothera suffrutescens
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–June
1,008 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Desert willow
Chilopsis linearis
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
1,008 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Feather dalea
Dalea formosa
🌼 Blooms in NM: March–May
994 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Broadleaf milkweed
Asclepias latifolia
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
989 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Nodding onion
Allium cernuum
🌼 Blooms in NM: July–August
976 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Whitecolumn foxtail cactus
Escobaria tuberculosa
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
969 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Cutleaf coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
🌼 Blooms in NM: July–August
965 NM sightings on iNaturalist

White horehound
Marrubium vulgare
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
957 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Fireweed
Chamaenerion angustifolium
🌼 Blooms in NM: July–August
955 NM sightings on iNaturalist

MacDougal verbena
Verbena macdougalii
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–August
952 NM sightings on iNaturalist

James' buckwheat
Eriogonum jamesii
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
916 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Lyre-leaf greeneyes
Berlandiera lyrata
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–July
912 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Mariola
Parthenium incanum
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
901 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Santa Fe phlox
Phlox nana
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
897 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Yellow sweetclover
Melilotus officinalis
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
887 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Perky sue
Tetraneuris argentea
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–May
874 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
869 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Desert marigold
Baileya multiradiata
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–September
866 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Rocky Mountain beeplant
Cleomella serrulata
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–September
851 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Black-spined pricklypear
Opuntia macrocentra
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
851 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Narrowleaf puccoon
Lithospermum incisum
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–May
835 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Long-headed poppy
Papaver dubium
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–May
802 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Woolly locoweed
Astragalus mollissimus
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
798 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Canada violet
Viola canadensis
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–August
797 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
791 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Graham's nipple cactus
Cochemiea grahamii
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
786 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Purple sand verbena
Abronia angustifolia
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
785 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Yerba mansa
Anemopsis californica
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–July
784 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Alpine false springparsley
Cymopterus lemmonii
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
766 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Puncture vine
Tribulus terrestris
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
753 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Torrey's yucca
Yucca torreyi
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
750 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Threadleaf groundsel
Senecio flaccidus
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–September
744 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Slimleaf plains-mustard
Hesperidanthus linearifolius
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
728 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Whipple's penstemon
Penstemon whippleanus
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
721 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Shrubby cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
717 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Musk thistle
Carduus nutans
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
711 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Roses (genus Rosa)
Rosa
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
706 NM sightings on iNaturalist

White sweetclover
Melilotus albus
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
693 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Monument plant
Frasera speciosa
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–September
692 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Dwarf lousewort
Pedicularis centranthera
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
678 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Dwarf mallow
Malva neglecta
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
673 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Yellow salsify
Tragopogon dubius
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
665 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–July
660 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Manyflowered gromwell
Lithospermum multiflorum
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
644 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Woods' rose
Rosa woodsii
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
639 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Snowball sand verbena
Abronia fragrans
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
619 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Western red columbine
Aquilegia elegantula
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–July
615 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Cliff fendlerbush
Fendlera rupicola
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
611 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Western harebell
Campanula petiolata
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
598 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
🌼 Blooms in NM: June–August
594 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Corn lily
Veratrum californicum
🌼 Few flowering records in NM
591 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌼 Blooms in NM: July–September
590 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Rayless greenthread
Thelesperma megapotamicum
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–September
587 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Tahoka daisy
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
🌼 Blooms in NM: May–September
575 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Trailing windmills
Allionia incarnata
🌼 Blooms in NM: April–October
566 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Apricot
Prunus armeniaca
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
51 NM sightings on iNaturalist

European plum
Prunus domestica
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
4 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Northern catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
3 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
2 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
2 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Flowering quince
Chaenomeles speciosa
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
2 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Sweet cherry
Prunus avium
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
2 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Sour cherry
Prunus cerasus
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
2 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
1 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
1 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Smoke tree
Cotinus coggygria
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
1 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Glossy abelia
Abelia × grandiflora
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
1 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Russian sage
Salvia yangii
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
1 NM sightings on iNaturalist

European pear
Pyrus communis
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
1 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Weigela
Weigela florida
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Bridal wreath spirea
Spiraea × vanhouttei
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Bridal veil spirea
Spiraea prunifolia
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Japanese snowball viburnum
Viburnum plicatum
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Yaupon holly
Ilex vomitoria
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Crape myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Japanese flowering cherry
Prunus serrulata
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Japanese flowering crabapple
Malus × floribunda
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Downy serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

American smoketree
Cotinus obovatus
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Tropical hibiscus
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Gardenia
Gardenia jasminoides
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Kousa dogwood
Cornus kousa
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Southern magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Saucer magnolia
Magnolia × soulangeana
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Star magnolia
Magnolia stellata
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Western redbud
Cercis occidentalis
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Panicle hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Sweet mock orange
Philadelphus coronarius
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Japanese kerria
Kerria japonica
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Japanese tree lilac
Syringa reticulata
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Meyer lilac
Syringa meyeri
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Bluebeard
Caryopteris × clandonensis
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Common snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Cape leadwort
Plumbago auriculata
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Indian hawthorn
Rhaphiolepis indica
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Green hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Asian pear
Pyrus pyrifolia
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Japanese plum
Prunus salicina
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist

Lemon
Citrus × limon
🌷 Grown in New Mexico gardens
0 NM sightings on iNaturalist
New Mexico bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ New Mexico flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in New Mexico marked “Flowering,” as of October 17–23, 2026. Garden flowers have few records because research-grade data leaves out planted ones.
Families on this list
The plant families with the most flowers on this list, from iNaturalist taxonomy. Within each family, the most-observed flowers come first.
- Asteraceae (22): Common yarrow, Common dandelion, Firewheel, Upright prairie coneflower, Cutleaf coneflower, Common sunflower, Musk thistle, Rubber rabbitbrush and 14 more
- Rosaceae (21): Roses (genus Rosa), Shrubby cinquefoil, Apache plume, Woods' rose, Downy serviceberry, Black chokeberry, Sweet cherry, Flowering quince and 13 more
- Cactaceae (10): Plains pricklypear, Fishhook barrel cactus, Christmas cholla, Tree cholla, Spinystar, Graham's nipple cactus, Strawberry hedgehog cactus, Whitecolumn foxtail cactus and 2 more
- Fabaceae (7): White sweetclover, Honey mesquite, Yellow sweetclover, Western redbud, Woolly locoweed, Feather dalea, New Mexico locust
- Asparagaceae (5): Soaptree yucca, Banana yucca, Wheeler sotol, Parry's agave, Torrey's yucca
- Nyctaginaceae (5): Trailing windmills, Colorado Four o'Clock, Snowball sand verbena, Purple sand verbena, Bougainvillea
- Lamiaceae (4): Wild bergamot, White horehound, Bluebeard, Russian sage
- Oleaceae (4): Purple lilac, Border forsythia, Japanese tree lilac, Meyer lilac
- Hydrangeaceae (4): Cliff fendlerbush, Sweet mock orange, Bigleaf hydrangea, Panicle hydrangea
- Apocynaceae (3): Showy milkweed, Broadleaf milkweed, Horsetail milkweed
- Brassicaceae (3): Western wallflower, Touristplant, Slimleaf plains-mustard
- Caprifoliaceae (3): Common snowberry, Weigela, Glossy abelia
- Geraniaceae (3): Redstem stork's-bill, Richardson's geranium, Pinewoods geranium
- Magnoliaceae (3): Southern magnolia, Star magnolia, Saucer magnolia
- Boraginaceae (3): Narrowleaf puccoon, Manyflowered gromwell, Gypsum phacelia
Shortlists by growing conditions
Flowers on this list whose USDA PLANTS characteristics data gives the rating shown. USDA only rates some species, so these lists are not complete.
- High drought tolerance (21): Firewheel, White sweetclover, Yaupon holly, Cutleaf coneflower, Yellow sweetclover, Plains pricklypear, Fishhook barrel cactus, Yellow salsify, Creeping mahonia, Soaptree yucca, Buffalo gourd, Common snowberry and 9 more
- High moisture use (suits wet spots) (9): Fireweed, Wild bergamot, Southern magnolia, Corn lily, Western blue flag, Yerba mansa, Richardson's geranium, Green hawthorn, Bridal veil spirea
- Rapid growth rate (25): Common dandelion, Firewheel, Fireweed, White sweetclover, Cutleaf coneflower, Yellow sweetclover, Common sunflower, Plains pricklypear, Yellow salsify, Buffalo gourd, Cowpen daisy, Corn lily and 13 more
How we picked these flowers
We started from iNaturalist's research-grade sightings in New Mexico, 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 New Mexico's official flowers, plus flowering shrubs and trees with at least 3 garden or 10 wild iNaturalist records in New Mexico and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in New Mexico. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: New Mexico state endangered plant species (19.21.2.9 NMAC)
Invasive plant list: New Mexico Noxious Weed List (NM Department of Agriculture, updated June 2020)