🌸 State flowers
Virginia in bloom
Virginia's official flower is the American dogwood (1918). Meet it, then explore 110 Virginia wildflowers and garden favorites by bloom month.
American dogwood
Cornus florida
Named Virginia's official state flower in 1918 (Code of Virginia § 1-510). In Virginia, most flowering sightings come in April–May.
Meet the flowering dogwood →Sources: Code of Virginia § 1-510; iNaturalist flowering records.
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Explore 110 Virginia flowers
101 wildflowers and flowering shrubs, picked from Virginia's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 9 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
Showing 109 flowers
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–September
9,799 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
9,586 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Roses (genus Rosa)
Rosa
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–July
8,421 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–July
7,616 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
7,274 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–June
7,176 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–August
7,057 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
6,920 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
6,599 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–September
6,528 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
6,185 VA sightings on iNaturalist
White clover
Trifolium repens
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–July
6,119 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
🌼 Blooms in VA: February–April
6,114 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–June
6,067 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–August
6,022 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–October
6,019 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–May
5,596 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
5,553 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
5,513 VA sightings on iNaturalist
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–September
5,243 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–June
5,202 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
5,163 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–June
4,925 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Ghost pipe
Monotropa uniflora
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–October
4,915 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–May
4,686 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–September
4,492 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–October
4,479 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern skunk cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
🌼 Blooms in VA: January–March
4,343 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–June
4,298 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–June
4,296 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
4,156 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–October
4,118 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–October
4,062 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–September
3,974 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Bird's-eye speedwell
Veronica persica
🌼 Blooms in VA: February–May
3,940 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–October
3,932 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
3,895 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Chinese bushclover
Lespedeza cuneata
🌼 Blooms in VA: August–October
3,892 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–May
3,819 VA sightings on iNaturalist
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–September
3,762 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Solomon's plume (false Solomon's seal)
Maianthemum racemosum
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–June
3,679 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–May
3,670 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Low smartweed
Persicaria longiseta
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–October
3,639 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–September
3,512 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
3,469 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
3,400 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Persian silk tree
Albizia julibrissin
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–August
3,326 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
3,222 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–June
3,172 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–October
3,140 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Asiatic dayflower
Commelina communis
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–October
3,059 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
3,003 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Wild yam
Dioscorea villosa
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–June
2,988 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
2,985 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
2,958 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–August
2,941 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Beefsteak plant
Perilla frutescens
🌼 Blooms in VA: September–October
2,892 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
🌼 Blooms in VA: August–October
2,885 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot)
Daucus carota
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–October
2,870 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow crownbeard
Verbesina occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–October
2,772 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
🌼 Blooms in VA: February–April
2,714 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–August
2,709 VA sightings on iNaturalist
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–July
2,708 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser periwinkle
Vinca minor
🌼 Blooms in VA: February–April
2,635 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Rattlesnakeweed
Hieracium venosum
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–June
2,576 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–September
2,576 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
2,468 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow trout lily
Erythronium americanum
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
2,432 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–August
2,427 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Leatherleaf mahonia
Berberis bealei
🌼 Blooms in VA: January–December
2,354 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–August
2,322 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Round-lobed hepatica
Hepatica americana
🌼 Blooms in VA: February–April
2,283 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Lizard's tail
Saururus cernuus
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–July
2,217 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Autumn clematis
Clematis terniflora
🌼 Blooms in VA: August–October
2,216 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Golden ragwort
Packera aurea
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–June
2,197 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Purple passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–September
2,195 VA sightings on iNaturalist
American witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
🌼 Blooms in VA: September–November
2,144 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia saxifrage
Micranthes virginiensis
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
2,128 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Wild comfrey
Andersonglossum virginianum
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
2,115 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Indian tobacco
Lobelia inflata
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–October
2,089 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Cucumber root
Medeola virginiana
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–June
2,077 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Showy orchis
Galearis spectabilis
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
2,069 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Pinxter flower
Rhododendron periclymenoides
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
2,002 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Common vetch
Vicia sativa
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–May
2,002 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Putty root
Aplectrum hyemale
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–June
1,988 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
🌼 Blooms in VA: March–April
1,955 VA sightings on iNaturalist
White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–October
1,934 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
🌼 Blooms in VA: May–September
1,880 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Cutleaf coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–September
1,876 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Swamp rose mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–September
1,861 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
🌼 Blooms in VA: February–June
1,854 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Philadelphia fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–June
1,830 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
1,810 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
🌼 Blooms in VA: July–October
1,805 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Black cohosh
Actaea racemosa
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–August
1,745 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Jimsonweed
Datura stramonium
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–October
1,742 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Mile-a-minute weed
Persicaria perfoliata
🌼 Few flowering records in VA
1,716 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Aniseroot
Osmorhiza longistylis
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–May
1,675 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
🌼 Blooms in VA: August–October
1,663 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Wild basil
Clinopodium vulgare
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–October
1,612 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
🌼 Blooms in VA: April–June
1,606 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–July
718 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌼 Blooms in VA: June–September
509 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌼 Blooms in VA: February–March
125 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in VA: April
97 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌷 Grown in Virginia gardens
76 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in Virginia gardens
7 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in Virginia gardens
3 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in Virginia gardens
2 VA sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ Virginia flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 Virginia's official flowers and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in Virginia. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: Virginia endangered and threatened plant and insect species (2VAC5-320-10)
Invasive plant list: Virginia noxious weeds (2VAC5-317-20, Tier 1, 2 and 3)