🌸 State flowers
New York in bloom
New York's official flower is the rose (1955). Meet it, then explore 109 New York wildflowers and garden favorites by bloom month.
Rose
Rosa
Named New York's official state flower in 1955 (N.Y. State Law § 84). The law names “the rose in all its colors and combinations of colors.” In New York, most flowering sightings come in May–July.
Meet the roses →Sources: N.Y. State Law § 84; iNaturalist flowering records.
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Explore 109 New York flowers
100 wildflowers and flowering shrubs, picked from New York's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 9 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
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White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
🌼 Blooms in NY: August–October
29,434 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–July
20,481 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
16,441 NY sightings on iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–September
13,860 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–June
11,251 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
🌼 Blooms in NY: March–May
11,086 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot)
Daucus carota
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–October
9,360 NY sightings on iNaturalist
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–September
8,848 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–October
8,664 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern skunk cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
🌼 Blooms in NY: February–April
8,655 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Bittersweet nightshade
Solanum dulcamara
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–August
8,472 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Ghost pipe
Monotropa uniflora
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–August
8,469 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow trout lily
Erythronium americanum
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
7,986 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–September
7,883 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
🌼 Blooms in NY: March–May
7,793 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
🌼 Blooms in NY: May
7,777 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–September
7,427 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–June
7,353 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–October
7,246 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–October
7,024 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
6,871 NY sightings on iNaturalist
White clover
Trifolium repens
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–September
6,871 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–July
6,761 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–June
6,316 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese knotweed
Reynoutria japonica
🌼 Blooms in NY: August–October
6,145 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–July
6,126 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Bull thistle
Cirsium vulgare
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–September
6,055 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–June
5,994 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
5,537 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–June
5,482 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–June
5,469 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
🌼 Blooms in NY: April
5,421 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–July
5,371 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Solomon's plume (false Solomon's seal)
Maianthemum racemosum
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–June
5,363 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–October
5,338 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser periwinkle
Vinca minor
🌼 Blooms in NY: March–May
5,323 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Bird's-foot trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–September
5,310 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Red trillium
Trillium erectum
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
5,221 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
5,201 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Colt's-foot
Tussilago farfara
🌼 Blooms in NY: March–May
5,195 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple-flowered raspberry
Rubus odoratus
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–August
5,159 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–September
4,956 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Greater celandine
Chelidonium majus
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–July
4,882 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Low smartweed
Persicaria longiseta
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–November
4,636 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Butter-and-eggs (common toadflax)
Linaria vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–October
4,605 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–August
4,578 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–August
4,500 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–September
4,473 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–September
4,334 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–June
4,261 NY sightings on iNaturalist
American witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
🌼 Blooms in NY: October–December
4,228 NY sightings on iNaturalist
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
🌼 Blooms in NY: September–October
4,131 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–June
4,090 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Herb robert
Geranium robertianum
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–October
4,081 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Creeping thistle
Cirsium arvense
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–September
3,845 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–July
3,805 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Northern seaside goldenrod
Solidago sempervirens
🌼 Blooms in NY: September–December
3,783 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–July
3,755 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Asiatic dayflower
Commelina communis
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–October
3,699 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–July
3,639 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
3,639 NY sightings on iNaturalist
White baneberry
Actaea pachypoda
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–June
3,406 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Broad-leaved helleborine
Epipactis helleborine
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–August
3,380 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Black raspberry
Rubus occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–June
3,338 NY sightings on iNaturalist
White campion
Silene latifolia
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–September
3,306 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
3,292 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–October
3,237 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–June
3,236 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–August
3,170 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
3,096 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Northern starflower
Lysimachia borealis
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–June
3,040 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–September
3,026 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern teaberry (wintergreen)
Gaultheria procumbens
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–August
3,011 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Hobblebush
Viburnum lantanoides
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
2,994 NY sightings on iNaturalist
White meadowsweet
Spiraea alba
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–August
2,963 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–August
2,903 NY sightings on iNaturalist
White wood aster
Eurybia divaricata
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–October
2,855 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–August
2,794 NY sightings on iNaturalist
White turtlehead
Chelone glabra
🌼 Blooms in NY: August–September
2,782 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–September
2,741 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild basil
Clinopodium vulgare
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–October
2,740 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Bladder campion
Silene vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–September
2,735 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
🌼 Blooms in NY: August–October
2,688 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Blue vervain
Verbena hastata
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–September
2,686 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Bluestem goldenrod
Solidago caesia
🌼 Blooms in NY: September–October
2,660 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Carpet bugle
Ajuga reptans
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
2,640 NY sightings on iNaturalist
American wintergreen
Pyrola americana
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–July
2,637 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Deptford pink
Dianthus armeria
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–September
2,616 NY sightings on iNaturalist
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–July
2,596 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common soapwort
Saponaria officinalis
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–October
2,584 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Canadian bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–July
2,580 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Green false hellebore
Veratrum viride
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–July
2,548 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common hibiscus
Hibiscus syriacus
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–September
2,539 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Marsh marigold
Caltha palustris
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
2,534 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Goutweed
Aegopodium podagraria
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–July
2,496 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–September
2,489 NY sightings on iNaturalist
White sweetclover
Melilotus albus
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–October
2,444 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–September
2,442 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Orange hawkweed
Pilosella aurantiaca
🌼 Blooms in NY: May–September
2,433 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Wild garlic
Allium vineale
🌼 Few flowering records in NY
2,415 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–July
1,357 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌼 Blooms in NY: June–October
1,006 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in NY: April–May
312 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌼 Blooms in NY: July–October
261 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌼 Blooms in NY: March–May
112 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in New York gardens
14 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in New York gardens
3 NY sightings on iNaturalist
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in New York gardens
0 NY sightings on iNaturalist
New York bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ New York flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in New York 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 New York, 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 York's official flowers and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in New York. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: New York protected native plants (6 NYCRR § 193.3)
Invasive plant list: New York prohibited and regulated invasive species (6 NYCRR Part 575)