🌸 State flowers
Texas in bloom
Texas's official flower is the bluebonnet (1901). Meet it, then explore 109 Texas wildflowers and garden favorites by bloom month.
Bluebonnet
Lupinus
Named Texas's official state flower in 1901 (Tex. Gov't Code § 3101.008). The 1901 resolution named Lupinus subcarnosus; in 1971 the Legislature extended it to all Texas bluebonnets, so this page covers the genus. In Texas, most flowering sightings come in March–April.
Meet the lupines →Sources: Tex. Gov't Code § 3101.008; iNaturalist flowering records.
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Explore 109 Texas flowers
101 wildflowers and flowering shrubs, picked from Texas's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 8 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
Showing 108 flowers
Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–May
40,021 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–July
37,350 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Silverleaf nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–September
32,790 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Straggler daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–December
32,278 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Honey mesquite
Neltuma glandulosa
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–July
30,345 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas bluebonnet
Lupinus texensis
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–May
29,983 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Dakota mock vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–July
29,605 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Upright prairie coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–October
26,017 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Antelopehorn milkweed
Asclepias asperula
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–May
24,514 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas paintbrush
Castilleja indivisa
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–May
22,818 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Lemon beebalm
Monarda citriodora
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–July
21,803 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Green antelopehorns
Asclepias viridis
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–September
21,579 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Agarita
Berberis trifoliolata
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–March
21,321 TX sightings on iNaturalist
American beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
🌼 Blooms in TX: May–July
19,823 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Turk's cap
Malvaviscus arboreus
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–November
19,758 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Tievine
Ipomoea cordatotriloba
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–October
19,623 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Common hedge parsley
Torilis arvensis
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–June
19,234 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Frostweed
Verbesina virginica
🌼 Blooms in TX: August–December
17,171 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas persimmon
Diospyros texana
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–April
17,068 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Carolina snailseed
Nephroia carolina
🌼 Blooms in TX: June–September
17,046 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Crowpoison
Nothoscordum bivalve
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–November
17,037 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Whitemouth dayflower
Commelina erecta
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–October
16,258 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Christmas cholla
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–July
16,027 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Chinaberry
Melia azedarach
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–April
15,971 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–April
15,724 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Southern dewberry
Rubus trivialis
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–April
15,412 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Ballmoss
Tillandsia recurvata
🌼 Blooms in TX: January–September
15,362 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Field madder
Sherardia arvensis
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–May
15,251 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Tenpetal anemone
Anemone berlandieri
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–April
15,137 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–October
14,857 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas mountain laurel
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–April
14,615 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
🌼 Blooms in TX: January–December
14,477 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Roughleaf dogwood
Cornus drummondii
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–May
13,772 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Mealy blue sage
Salvia farinacea
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–November
13,503 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Stiff greenthread
Thelesperma filifolium
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–July
13,350 TX sightings on iNaturalist
American basketflower
Plectocephalus americanus
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–July
13,163 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in TX: May–September
13,059 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–July
12,973 TX sightings on iNaturalist
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
🌼 Blooms in TX: May–October
12,540 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Heavenly bamboo
Nandina domestica
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–May
12,395 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Gum bumelia
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
🌼 Blooms in TX: May–July
12,204 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas vervain
Verbena halei
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–September
12,185 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Western soapberry
Sapindus drummondii
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–June
12,129 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Pigeonberry
Rivina humilis
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–November
11,676 TX sightings on iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–September
11,675 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Bitterweed
Helenium amarum
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–November
11,649 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–July
11,623 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas bindweed
Convolvulus equitans
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–June
11,187 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Zizotes milkweed
Asclepias oenotheroides
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–October
10,931 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Mexican palo verde
Parkinsonia aculeata
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–June
10,676 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Annual bastard cabbage
Rapistrum rugosum
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–December
10,305 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Redstem stork's-bill
Erodium cicutarium
🌼 Blooms in TX: January–May
10,205 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Western horsenettle
Solanum dimidiatum
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–June
10,096 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas thistle
Cirsium texanum
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–June
9,966 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Mexican buckeye
Ungnadia speciosa
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–April
9,776 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas creeping-oxeye
Wedelia hispida
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–October
9,694 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas yellow star
Lindheimera texana
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–June
9,544 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Twisted-leaf yucca
Yucca rupicola
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–June
9,517 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Pearl milkweed
Matelea reticulata
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–July
9,470 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Common wild petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–September
9,273 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Buffalo-bur
Solanum rostratum
🌼 Blooms in TX: May–November
9,168 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Tropical sage
Salvia coccinea
🌼 Blooms in TX: January–December
9,073 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–November
8,954 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
🌼 Blooms in TX: August–October
8,844 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Drummond's rain lily
Zephyranthes drummondii
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–May
8,824 TX sightings on iNaturalist
White clover
Trifolium repens
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–June
8,649 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
🌼 Blooms in TX: January–December
8,583 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Cenizo
Leucophyllum frutescens
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–December
8,346 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Santa Maria feverfew
Parthenium hysterophorus
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–December
8,321 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Lindheimer's senna
Senna lindheimeriana
🌼 Blooms in TX: August–November
8,258 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–November
8,075 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Blackfoot daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–October
7,970 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Purple passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–September
7,876 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow passionflower
Passiflora lutea
🌼 Blooms in TX: May–September
7,847 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Hercules' club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–May
7,816 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Cowpen daisy
Verbesina encelioides
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–November
7,735 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Diamond-flowers
Stenaria nigricans
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–November
7,650 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Meadow pink
Sabatia campestris
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–June
7,635 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Brazos rain-lily
Zephyranthes chlorosolen
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–October
7,625 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Scarlet pea
Indigofera miniata
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–September
7,602 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Lantana
Lantana strigocamara
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–October
7,584 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas prairie parsley
Polytaenia texana
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–May
7,531 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Plains coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–June
7,513 TX sightings on iNaturalist
American germander
Teucrium canadense
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–July
7,419 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Downy forestiera
Forestiera pubescens
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–March
7,395 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Maximilian sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
🌼 Blooms in TX: August–November
7,250 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in TX: May–November
7,234 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas skeleton plant
Lygodesmia texana
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–November
7,210 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Sweet acacia
Vachellia farnesiana
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–April
7,208 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Lilac chaste tree
Vitex agnus-castus
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–November
7,067 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Trailing rhatany
Krameria lanceolata
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–July
7,050 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Two-leaved senna
Senna roemeriana
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–October
7,025 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Slender vetch
Vicia ludoviciana
🌼 Blooms in TX: February–April
7,005 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Cobaea beardtongue
Penstemon cobaea
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–May
7,004 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Blue curls
Phacelia congesta
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–May
6,856 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Scarlet pimpernel
Lysimachia arvensis
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–May
6,781 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Buffalo gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–July
6,727 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Spotted horsemint
Monarda punctata
🌼 Blooms in TX: April–August
6,645 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Old man's beard clematis
Clematis drummondii
🌼 Blooms in TX: May–October
6,579 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Three-lobe false mallow
Malvastrum coromandelianum
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–November
6,540 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Roses (genus Rosa)
Rosa
🌼 Blooms in TX: March–June
4,001 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌷 Grown in Texas gardens
90 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌷 Grown in Texas gardens
45 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌷 Grown in Texas gardens
30 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌷 Grown in Texas gardens
18 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in Texas gardens
3 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in Texas gardens
1 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in Texas gardens
1 TX sightings on iNaturalist
Texas bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ Texas flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in Texas 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 Texas, 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 Texas's official flowers and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in Texas. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: Texas endangered and threatened plants (31 Tex. Admin. Code § 69.8), as listed by Texas Parks and Wildlife
Invasive plant list: Texas noxious and invasive plant list (4 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.300(a))