Wildflowers Blooming in Alabama in August (60 Species)

60 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Alabama in August in our iNaturalist sample; 11 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Top wildflowers in August

Purple Passionflower149 obs.

Butterfly Pea78 obs.

Pineland Hibiscus69 obs.

Cardinal Flower65 obs.

Crane-Fly Orchid56 obs.

American groundnut42 obs.

Wild Potato Vine38 obs.

Partridge Pea37 obs.

St. Andrew's cross32 obs.

Yellow Passionflower31 obs.

Common Jewelweed27 obs.

Blue Mistflower27 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Alabama in August

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Purple Passionflower	Passiflora incarnata	Passionfruit Family	149	Aug (peak)
2	Butterfly Pea	Centrosema virginianum	Legumes	78	Aug (peak)
3	Pineland Hibiscus	Sabdariffa aculeata	Mallow and Hibiscus Family	69	Jun (past peak)
4	Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	bellflower family	65	Sep (rising)
5	Crane-Fly Orchid	Tipularia discolor	Orchids	56	Aug (peak)
6	American groundnut	Apios americana	Legumes	42	Aug (peak)
7	Wild Potato Vine	Ipomoea pandurata	bindweed family	38	Jul (past peak)
8	Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Legumes	37	Aug (peak)
9	St. Andrew's cross	Hypericum hypericoides	St. John's wort family	32	Aug (peak)
10	Yellow Passionflower	Passiflora lutea	Passionfruit Family	31	Jun (past peak)
11	Common Jewelweed	Impatiens capensis	balsam family	27	Sep (rising)
12	Blue Mistflower	Conoclinium coelestinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	27	Sep (rising)
13	Asiatic dayflower	Commelina communis	Spiderworts	25	Sep (rising)
14	Sharpwing Monkeyflower	Mimulus alatus	lopseed family	25	Aug (peak)
15	Autumn Clematis	Clematis terniflora	buttercup family	20	Aug (peak)
16	Pine lily	Lilium catesbaei	lily family	20	Sep (rising)
17	Perennial Wooly Bean	Strophostyles umbellata	Legumes	19	Sep (rising)
18	Trailing Fuzzy-Bean	Strophostyles helvola	Legumes	19	Sep (rising)
19	brown-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia triloba	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	17	Jul (past peak)
20	Tall Bellflower	Campanulastrum americanum	bellflower family	16	Jul (past peak)
21	American trumpet vine	Campsis radicans	bignonia family	15	Jun (past peak)
22	White beggarticks	Bidens alba	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	14	Oct (rising)
23	Bitterweed	Helenium amarum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	13	Sep (rising)
24	Pigeonwings	Clitoria mariana	Legumes	13	Jul (past peak)
25	Climbing Hempvine	Mikania scandens	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	13	Sep (rising)
26	Frostweed	Verbesina virginica	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	13	Sep (rising)
27	Orange Milkwort	Senega lutea	milkworts	13	Apr (past peak)
28	Butterfly Milkweed	Asclepias tuberosa	Dogbane Family	12	May (past peak)
29	Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	madder family	12	Jun (past peak)
30	Buttonweed	Diodia virginiana	madder family	12	Sep (rising)
31	Saltmarsh mallow	Kosteletzkya pentacarpos	Mallow and Hibiscus Family	11	Jul (past peak)
32	Camphorweed	Heterotheca subaxillaris	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	10	Oct (rising)
33	Largeleaf Pennywort	Hydrocotyle bonariensis	ivy family	10	Jun (past peak)
34	Firewheel	Gaillardia pulchella	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	9	Jun (past peak)
35	American hog-peanut	Amphicarpaea bracteata	Legumes	9	Sep (rising)
36	Cutleaf Coneflower	Rudbeckia laciniata	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	9	Aug (peak)
37	White Morning-glory	Ipomoea lacunosa	bindweed family	9	Sep (rising)
38	Pickerelweed	Pontederia cordata	Pickerelweeds	8	Jun (past peak)
39	Carolina horsenettle	Solanum carolinense	nightshade family	8	May (past peak)
40	Whitemouth Dayflower	Commelina erecta	Spiderworts	8	Jun (past peak)
41	Flowering Spurge	Euphorbia corollata	Spurge Family	8	Aug (peak)
42	American jumpseed	Persicaria virginiana	knotweed family	8	Aug (peak)
43	Spotted Horsemint	Monarda punctata	Mint Family	7	Sep (rising)
44	Whorled Milkweed	Asclepias verticillata	Dogbane Family	7	Jul (past peak)
45	Shining Sumac	Rhus copallinum	Cashew Family	7	Jul (past peak)
46	Woodland Coreopsis	Anacis major	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	7	Jun (past peak)
47	American white waterlily	Nymphaea odorata	Waterlily Family	6	Apr (past peak)
48	Late Boneset	Eupatorium serotinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	6	Sep (rising)
49	False Daisy	Eclipta prostrata	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	6	Sep (rising)
50	American black elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	elder family	6	Jun (past peak)