🌸 State flowers
Wisconsin in bloom
Wisconsin's official flower is the wood violet (1949). Meet it, then explore 109 Wisconsin wildflowers and garden favorites by bloom month.
Wood violet
Viola sororia
Named Wisconsin's official state flower in 1949 (Wis. Stat. § 1.10(3)(e)). The law calls it Viola papilionacea, an older name for the common blue violet, Viola sororia.
Meet the woolly blue violet →Sources: Wis. Stat. § 1.10(3)(e); iNaturalist flowering records.
Wisconsin flower gifts
State flower gifts for anyone who loves Wisconsin.
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Explore 109 Wisconsin flowers
101 wildflowers and flowering shrubs, picked from Wisconsin's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 8 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
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Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
9,211 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–August
5,758 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
5,577 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
5,383 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–June
5,327 WI sightings on iNaturalist
White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–October
5,224 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
4,937 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot)
Daucus carota
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
4,793 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–July
4,704 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
4,664 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Common motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
4,395 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
4,320 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Bittersweet nightshade
Solanum dulcamara
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–August
4,266 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
4,195 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Ghost pipe
Monotropa uniflora
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
4,170 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–October
4,141 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Solomon's plume (false Solomon's seal)
Maianthemum racemosum
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
3,939 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
3,884 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
3,874 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
3,842 WI sightings on iNaturalist
White campion
Silene latifolia
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–September
3,790 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Wood anemone
Anemonoides quinquefolia
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
3,775 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–June
3,743 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
3,731 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern skunk cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
🌼 Blooms in WI: March–May
3,699 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
3,542 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
3,535 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
3,432 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Black raspberry
Rubus occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
3,426 WI sightings on iNaturalist
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
🌼 Blooms in WI: August–October
3,305 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
3,269 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Blue vervain
Verbena hastata
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
3,200 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Creeping thistle
Cirsium arvense
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
3,178 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Bird's-foot trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
3,177 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–October
3,175 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Marsh marigold
Caltha palustris
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–June
3,148 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Grey-headed coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
3,126 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
3,052 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Bull thistle
Cirsium vulgare
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
2,955 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Orange hawkweed
Pilosella aurantiaca
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–September
2,906 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
2,880 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Butter-and-eggs (common toadflax)
Linaria vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–October
2,814 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Compass plant
Silphium laciniatum
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
2,808 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Roses (genus Rosa)
Rosa
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–July
2,779 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Guelder-rose
Viburnum opulus
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
2,773 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
2,689 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Northern starflower
Lysimachia borealis
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
2,590 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Hoary vervain
Verbena stricta
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
2,510 WI sightings on iNaturalist
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–July
2,476 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
2,472 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
2,448 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia triloba
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–October
2,387 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern shooting star
Primula meadia
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
2,372 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Sundial lupine
Lupinus perennis
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
2,323 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
2,316 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
2,298 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Spotted knapweed
Centaurea stoebe
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–October
2,295 WI sightings on iNaturalist
White clover
Trifolium repens
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–October
2,278 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Hoary alyssum
Berteroa incana
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–October
2,256 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Star-flowered lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum stellatum
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
2,212 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Largeflower bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
2,210 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Culver's root
Veronicastrum virginicum
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–August
2,207 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Purple pitcher plant
Sarracenia purpurea
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–July
2,189 WI sightings on iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–October
2,177 WI sightings on iNaturalist
False sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
2,158 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–June
2,135 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Round-lobed hepatica
Hepatica americana
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
2,103 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Common soapwort
Saponaria officinalis
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–October
2,099 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Sulphur cinquefoil
Potentilla recta
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
2,074 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Rattlesnake master
Eryngium yuccifolium
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–August
2,026 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Canadian bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
1,994 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Common cowparsnip
Heracleum maximum
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–July
1,977 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Red-berried elder
Sambucus racemosa
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
1,977 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Sharp-lobed hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
1,968 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
1,962 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Ohio spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–July
1,952 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Rough blazing star
Liatris aspera
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
1,917 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–July
1,902 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Spotted Joe-Pye weed
Eutrochium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
1,870 WI sightings on iNaturalist
White fawnlily
Erythronium albidum
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–May
1,861 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Canada anemone
Anemonastrum canadense
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–July
1,858 WI sightings on iNaturalist
White baneberry
Actaea pachypoda
🌼 Few flowering records in WI
1,849 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
1,816 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Golden alexanders
Zizia aurea
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
1,789 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
1,769 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
1,755 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Pointed-leaved tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum glutinosum
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
1,731 WI sightings on iNaturalist
White sweetclover
Melilotus albus
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–September
1,729 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Spotted horsemint
Monarda punctata
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
1,722 WI sightings on iNaturalist
American white water lily
Nymphaea odorata
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
1,706 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Bluebead lily
Clintonia borealis
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–June
1,696 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
1,686 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
1,684 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Wild parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
1,680 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Common boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
1,674 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Bird's foot violet
Viola pedata
🌼 Blooms in WI: April–June
1,647 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Common tansy
Tanacetum vulgare
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
1,619 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Cutleaf coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
🌼 Blooms in WI: July–September
1,613 WI sightings on iNaturalist
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
🌼 Few flowering records in WI
1,601 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Siberian squill
Scilla siberica
🌼 Blooms in WI: March–May
1,593 WI sightings on iNaturalist
White rattlesnake root
Nabalus albus
🌼 Blooms in WI: August–September
1,573 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌼 Blooms in WI: June–August
566 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌷 Grown in Wisconsin gardens
130 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in WI: May–October
118 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌷 Grown in Wisconsin gardens
31 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in Wisconsin gardens
14 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in Wisconsin gardens
5 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in Wisconsin gardens
0 WI sightings on iNaturalist
Wisconsin bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ Wisconsin flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin's official flowers and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in Wisconsin. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: Wisconsin endangered and threatened species list (Wis. Admin. Code NR 27.03)
Invasive plant list: Wisconsin invasive species rule (Wis. Admin. Code NR 40.04 prohibited, NR 40.05 restricted)