🌸 State flowers
West Virginia in bloom
West Virginia's official flower is the rhododendron (1903). Meet it, then explore 110 West Virginia wildflowers and garden favorites by bloom month.
Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Named West Virginia's official state flower in 1903 (W. Va. House Joint Resolution No. 19 (Jan. 29, 1903)). West Virginia's flower was chosen by a vote of schoolchildren and adopted by joint resolution rather than written into the state code. In West Virginia, most flowering sightings come in June–July.
Meet the great rhododendron →Sources: W. Va. House Joint Resolution No. 19 (Jan. 29, 1903); iNaturalist flowering records.
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Explore 110 West Virginia flowers
101 wildflowers and flowering shrubs, picked from West Virginia's most-observed flowering plants on iNaturalist, plus 9 garden favorites. Filter by bloom month or type.
Showing 109 flowers
Mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–June
2,009 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–August
1,541 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Ghost pipe
Monotropa uniflora
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–September
1,530 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Roses (genus Rosa)
Rosa
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–July
1,458 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–May
1,444 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–May
1,431 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
1,409 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Colt's-foot
Tussilago farfara
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
1,316 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Downy rattlesnake plantain
Goodyera pubescens
🌼 Blooms in WV: July–August
1,271 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Woodland stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–June
1,263 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–May
1,258 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–June
1,223 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
🌼 Blooms in WV: August–October
1,153 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–July
1,119 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–September
1,104 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–July
1,081 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
1,041 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Red clover
Trifolium pratense
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–October
1,036 WV sightings on iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–September
1,026 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–October
1,019 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–September
960 WV sightings on iNaturalist
White snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
🌼 Blooms in WV: August–October
957 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
949 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–May
944 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
931 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Queen Anne's lace (wild carrot)
Daucus carota
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–September
906 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Large white trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–May
896 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–September
876 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–June
875 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Purple crownvetch
Securigera varia
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–August
859 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
856 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Wild basil
Clinopodium vulgare
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–October
853 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Virginia springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
853 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Wineberry
Rubus phoenicolasius
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
852 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Red trillium
Trillium erectum
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–May
825 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Azure bluet
Houstonia caerulea
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–June
781 WV sightings on iNaturalist
White clover
Trifolium repens
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–September
774 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern teaberry (wintergreen)
Gaultheria procumbens
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
772 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WV: April
755 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–May
745 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–May
713 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Painted trillium
Trillium undulatum
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–June
699 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–October
699 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
694 WV sightings on iNaturalist
American witch-hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
🌼 Blooms in WV: September–December
683 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
🌼 Blooms in WV: August–October
673 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
🌼 Blooms in WV: July–September
671 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Yellow trout lily
Erythronium americanum
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
668 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Eastern skunk cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
🌼 Blooms in WV: February–November
658 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Golden ragwort
Packera aurea
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–May
651 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Carolina springbeauty
Claytonia caroliniana
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
611 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Canada mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–June
608 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–August
594 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Viper's-bugloss
Echium vulgare
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–August
593 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Bird's-eye speedwell
Veronica persica
🌼 Blooms in WV: February–May
591 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
577 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–May
575 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Dame's rocket
Hesperis matronalis
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–June
570 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Purple pitcher plant
Sarracenia purpurea
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
559 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Solomon's plume (false Solomon's seal)
Maianthemum racemosum
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–May
554 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Cucumber root
Medeola virginiana
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
549 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Low smartweed
Persicaria longiseta
🌼 Blooms in WV: July–October
547 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Wild teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
539 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Bird's-foot trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–August
532 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Purple-flowered raspberry
Rubus odoratus
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–August
527 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Scarlet beebalm
Monarda didyma
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–August
521 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–August
521 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Swamp dewberry
Rubus hispidus
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
512 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–August
509 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–June
506 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Creeping foamflower
Tiarella stolonifera
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–June
495 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Green false hellebore
Veratrum viride
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–July
493 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
483 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–October
479 WV sightings on iNaturalist
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
473 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Lesser periwinkle
Vinca minor
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
471 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Allegheny monkeyflower
Mimulus ringens
🌼 Blooms in WV: July–August
469 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Indian tobacco
Lobelia inflata
🌼 Blooms in WV: July–October
468 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Wild yam
Dioscorea villosa
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
456 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Dwarf larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–May
450 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Round-leaved sundew
Drosera rotundifolia
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
433 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Lyreleaf sage
Salvia lyrata
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–June
427 WV sightings on iNaturalist
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–July
422 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Red columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–July
417 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
🌼 Blooms in WV: February–December
413 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Twinleaf
Jeffersonia diphylla
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–April
411 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Putty root
Aplectrum hyemale
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
404 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Fireweed
Chamaenerion angustifolium
🌼 Blooms in WV: July–September
398 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
🌼 Blooms in WV: July–August
397 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Trailing arbutus (mayflower)
Epigaea repens
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–May
395 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
390 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
378 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Moth mullein
Verbascum blattaria
🌼 Blooms in WV: May–September
376 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Chinese bushclover
Lespedeza cuneata
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
358 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–May
357 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Squirrel corn
Dicentra canadensis
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–May
351 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Wild comfrey
Andersonglossum virginianum
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
351 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Halberd-leaved violet
Viola hastata
🌼 Blooms in WV: April–May
347 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Wood anemone
Anemonoides quinquefolia
🌼 Blooms in WV: March–May
344 WV sightings on iNaturalist
White meadowsweet
Spiraea alba
🌼 Few flowering records in WV
338 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Virgin's bower
Clematis virginiana
🌼 Blooms in WV: August
335 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Orange daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
🌼 Blooms in WV: June–July
168 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
🌷 Grown in West Virginia gardens
96 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
🌷 Grown in West Virginia gardens
39 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Purple lilac
Syringa vulgaris
🌷 Grown in West Virginia gardens
27 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
🌷 Grown in West Virginia gardens
15 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora
🌷 Grown in West Virginia gardens
2 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Garden tulip
Tulipa gesneriana
🌷 Grown in West Virginia gardens
1 WV sightings on iNaturalist
Bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
🌷 Grown in West Virginia gardens
0 WV sightings on iNaturalist
West Virginia bloom calendar
Show the full bloom calendar (flowers with 15+ West Virginia flowering records, earliest bloomers first)
Darker = more flowering sightings that month. Based on iNaturalist research-grade observations in West 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 West 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 West Virginia's official flowers and popular garden flowers that iNaturalist users record growing in West Virginia. Every flower needs a CC0 or CC BY photo.
Rare plant list: West Virginia has no state law listing endangered or threatened plants (only federally listed species are protected), so we show NatureServe's West Virginia ranks instead.
Invasive plant list: West Virginia noxious weeds (W. Va. Code R. § 61-14A-5)