Wildflowers Blooming in Alabama in October (60 Species)

60 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Alabama in October in our iNaturalist sample; 16 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 October

Blue Mistflower89 obs.

Tall Goldenrod59 obs.

White beggarticks36 obs.

Cardinal Flower28 obs.

Common Jewelweed17 obs.

Asiatic dayflower16 obs.

White Turtlehead16 obs.

Low Smartweed16 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Alabama in October

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Blue Mistflower	Conoclinium coelestinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	89	Sep (past peak)
2	Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	59	Oct (peak)
3	White beggarticks	Bidens alba	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	36	Oct (peak)
4	Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	bellflower family	28	Sep (past peak)
5	Camphorweed	Heterotheca subaxillaris	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	28	Oct (peak)
6	Blue Curls	Trichostema dichotomum	Mint Family	26	Sep (past peak)
7	Late Boneset	Eupatorium serotinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	21	Sep (past peak)
8	Ghost Pipe	Monotropa uniflora	heath family	18	Oct (peak)
9	Common Jewelweed	Impatiens capensis	balsam family	17	Sep (past peak)
10	Asiatic dayflower	Commelina communis	Spiderworts	16	Sep (past peak)
11	White Turtlehead	Chelone glabra	Plantain Family	16	Oct (peak)
12	Low Smartweed	Persicaria longiseta	knotweed family	16	Oct (peak)
13	Orange Milkwort	Senega lutea	milkworts	16	Apr (past peak)
14	Climbing Hempvine	Mikania scandens	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	14	Sep (past peak)
15	Bluestem Goldenrod	Solidago caesia	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	14	Oct (peak)
16	Groundsel Tree	Baccharis halimifolia	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	13	Oct (peak)
17	Frostweed	Verbesina virginica	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	13	Sep (past peak)
18	Common Evening-Primrose	Oenothera biennis	evening primrose family	12	Oct (peak)
19	White Snakeroot	Ageratina altissima	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	12	Oct (peak)
20	Sweet Everlasting	Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	12	Sep (past peak)
21	Common Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	11	Sep (past peak)
22	Tievine	Ipomoea cordatotriloba	bindweed family	11	Sep (past peak)
23	American white waterlily	Nymphaea odorata	Waterlily Family	10	Apr (past peak)
24	Crowpoison	Nothoscordum bivalve	amaryllis, onions, and allies	10	Mar (past peak)
25	Asian mazus	Mazus pumilus	mazus family	10	Apr (past peak)
26	Frost Aster	Symphyotrichum pilosum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	10	Oct (peak)
27	American Witch-Hazel	Hamamelis virginiana	witch-hazel family	8	Nov (rising)
28	Common Morning-Glory	Ipomoea purpurea	bindweed family	8	Sep (past peak)
29	Downy Lobelia	Lobelia puberula	bellflower family	8	Sep (past peak)
30	Citronella Horse Balm	Collinsonia canadensis	Mint Family	8	Oct (peak)
31	Shaggy Portulaca	Portulaca pilosa	purslane family	8	Jul (past peak)
32	Bitterweed	Helenium amarum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	7	Sep (past peak)
33	Fall Phlox	Phlox paniculata	phlox family	7	Oct (peak)
34	Wingstem	Verbesina alternifolia	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	7	Sep (past peak)
35	Calico Aster	Symphyotrichum lateriflorum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	7	Oct (peak)
36	White Morning-glory	Ipomoea lacunosa	bindweed family	7	Sep (past peak)
37	Largeleaf Pennywort	Hydrocotyle bonariensis	ivy family	7	Jun (past peak)
38	Pickerelweed	Pontederia cordata	Pickerelweeds	6	Jun (past peak)
39	Straggler Daisy	Calyptocarpus vialis	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	6	Oct (peak)
40	Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	bellflower family	6	Oct (peak)
41	Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Legumes	6	Aug (past peak)
42	brown-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia triloba	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	6	Jul (past peak)
43	Pineland Hibiscus	Sabdariffa aculeata	Mallow and Hibiscus Family	6	Jun (past peak)
44	Turkey Tangle Frogfruit	Phyla nodiflora	Verbena Family	5	Sep (past peak)
45	Japanese honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	honeysuckle family	5	Apr (past peak)
46	Butterfly Pea	Centrosema virginianum	Legumes	5	Aug (past peak)
47	Perennial Wooly Bean	Strophostyles umbellata	Legumes	5	Sep (past peak)
48	Tall Bellflower	Campanulastrum americanum	bellflower family	5	Jul (past peak)
49	Purple Passionflower	Passiflora incarnata	Passionfruit Family	4	Aug (past peak)
50	Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Legumes	4	Apr (past peak)