🌸 State flowers
Maryland in bloom
Maryland's official flower is the black-eyed Susan (1918). Meet it, then explore 110 Maryland wildflowers and garden favorites by bloom month.
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Named Maryland's official state flower in 1918 (Md. Code, Gen. Prov. § 7-306). In Maryland, most flowering sightings come in June–October.
Meet the black-eyed Susan →Sources: Md. Code, Gen. Prov. § 7-306; iNaturalist flowering records.
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Explore 110 Maryland flowers
101 wildflowers and flowering shrubs, picked from Maryland's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 9 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
Showing 109 flowers
Wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–June
8,131 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
7,577 MD sightings on iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–September
7,352 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Roses (genus Rosa)
Rosa
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–July
7,291 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–May
7,148 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
7,115 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–May
6,832 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–June
6,270 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern skunk cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
🌼 Blooms in MD: January–April
6,150 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–July
5,914 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
🌼 Blooms in MD: July–August
5,362 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
5,329 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–September
5,281 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
5,240 MD sightings on iNaturalist
White clover
Trifolium repens
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–October
5,225 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–June
5,061 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–June
5,049 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
5,019 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
4,802 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
4,572 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–October
4,458 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–July
4,283 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
4,216 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–June
4,007 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
3,905 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–October
3,821 MD sightings on iNaturalist
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
🌼 Blooms in MD: July–September
3,705 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
3,627 MD sightings on iNaturalist
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–September
3,589 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
3,524 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Beefsteak plant
Perilla frutescens
🌼 Blooms in MD: September–October
3,499 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Bird's-eye speedwell
Veronica persica
🌼 Blooms in MD: February–May
3,330 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
🌼 Blooms in MD: August–October
3,275 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Ghost pipe
Monotropa uniflora
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–September
3,188 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–October
3,119 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
3,111 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
3,107 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–August
3,023 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Low smartweed
Persicaria longiseta
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–October
2,957 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow trout lily
Erythronium americanum
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
2,847 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
🌼 Blooms in MD: August–October
2,842 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Mile-a-minute weed
Persicaria perfoliata
🌼 Few flowering records in MD
2,832 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Chinese bushclover
Lespedeza cuneata
🌼 Blooms in MD: August–September
2,785 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–May
2,780 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–September
2,621 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–September
2,433 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot)
Daucus carota
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–September
2,428 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Asiatic dayflower
Commelina communis
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–October
2,379 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
🌼 Blooms in MD: July–September
2,360 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Creeping thistle
Cirsium arvense
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–September
2,339 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–May
2,215 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–September
2,201 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Philadelphia fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
2,099 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
2,073 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
2,066 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
2,028 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Solomon's plume (false Solomon's seal)
Maianthemum racemosum
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
2,016 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Cucumber root
Medeola virginiana
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–June
2,013 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–June
1,970 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Wild yam
Dioscorea villosa
🌼 Few flowering records in MD
1,950 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
🌼 Blooms in MD: February–May
1,938 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
🌼 Blooms in MD: July–August
1,893 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Persian silk tree
Albizia julibrissin
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–August
1,888 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Autumn clematis
Clematis terniflora
🌼 Blooms in MD: August–October
1,881 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
1,851 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser periwinkle
Vinca minor
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–May
1,848 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–October
1,807 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Swamp rose mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
🌼 Blooms in MD: July–September
1,755 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Showy orchis
Galearis spectabilis
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
1,742 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
1,733 MD sightings on iNaturalist
White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
🌼 Blooms in MD: August–October
1,704 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Common vetch
Vicia sativa
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
1,703 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Jimsonweed
Datura stramonium
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–November
1,700 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
🌼 Blooms in MD: May
1,691 MD sightings on iNaturalist
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–July
1,682 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–August
1,669 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese knotweed
Reynoutria japonica
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–October
1,638 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
1,625 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Leatherleaf mahonia
Berberis bealei
🌼 Blooms in MD: January–December
1,619 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–June
1,616 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–August
1,605 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Lizard's tail
Saururus cernuus
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–July
1,578 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Golden ragwort
Packera aurea
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
1,578 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia saxifrage
Micranthes virginiensis
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
1,545 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
1,529 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Bull thistle
Cirsium vulgare
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–September
1,526 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Round-lobed hepatica
Hepatica americana
🌼 Blooms in MD: February–April
1,503 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Garlic penny-cress
Mummenhoffia alliacea
🌼 Blooms in MD: March–April
1,494 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Rattlesnakeweed
Hieracium venosum
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–June
1,479 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Common hibiscus
Hibiscus syriacus
🌼 Blooms in MD: July–September
1,451 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
🌼 Blooms in MD: July–October
1,392 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Indian tobacco
Lobelia inflata
🌼 Blooms in MD: July–October
1,358 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
1,330 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–August
1,280 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Deptford pink
Dianthus armeria
🌼 Blooms in MD: May–August
1,274 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Cutleaf coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
🌼 Blooms in MD: July–September
1,273 MD sightings on iNaturalist
American witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
🌼 Blooms in MD: October–December
1,266 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Pinxter flower
Rhododendron periclymenoides
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
1,237 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Field thistle
Cirsium discolor
🌼 Blooms in MD: August–September
1,144 MD sightings on iNaturalist
American hog-peanut
Amphicarpaea bracteata
🌼 Blooms in MD: August–September
1,131 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Carpet bugle
Ajuga reptans
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
1,111 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–July
716 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌼 Blooms in MD: June–October
442 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌷 Grown in Maryland gardens
143 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌷 Grown in Maryland gardens
103 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in MD: April–May
72 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in Maryland gardens
4 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in Maryland gardens
3 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in Maryland gardens
2 MD sightings on iNaturalist
Maryland bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ Maryland flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in Maryland 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 Maryland, 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 Maryland's official flowers and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in Maryland. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: Maryland threatened and endangered plants (COMAR 08.03.08.05, .06 and .08)
Invasive plant list: Maryland Prohibited Invasive Plant List (COMAR 15.06.04.06; MDA, updated July 2026)