Wildflowers Blooming in District of Columbia in March (55 Species)

55 wildflowers were recorded blooming in District of Columbia in March in our iNaturalist sample; 21 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

Top wildflowers in March

Lesser Celandine257 obs.

Bloodroot142 obs.

Virginia Springbeauty77 obs.

Virginia bluebells47 obs.

Northern Spicebush46 obs.

Red Deadnettle45 obs.

Cut-Leaved Toothwort38 obs.

Bird's-Eye Speedwell33 obs.

Common Snowdrop32 obs.

Yellow Trout Lily26 obs.

Henbit Deadnettle22 obs.

Ground-Ivy19 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in District of Columbia in March

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Lesser Celandine	Ficaria verna	buttercup family	257	Mar (peak)
2	Bloodroot	Sanguinaria canadensis	Poppy Family	142	Mar (peak)
3	Virginia Springbeauty	Claytonia virginica	Pussypaw Family	77	Apr (rising)
4	Virginia bluebells	Mertensia virginica	borage family	47	Apr (rising)
5	Northern Spicebush	Lindera benzoin	laurels	46	Mar (peak)
6	Red Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Mint Family	45	Apr (rising)
7	Cut-Leaved Toothwort	Cardamine concatenata	mustard family	38	Mar (peak)
8	Bird's-Eye Speedwell	Veronica persica	Plantain Family	33	Mar (peak)
9	Common Snowdrop	Galanthus nivalis	amaryllis, onions, and allies	32	Mar (peak)
10	Yellow Trout Lily	Erythronium americanum	lily family	26	Apr (rising)
11	Henbit Deadnettle	Lamium amplexicaule	Mint Family	22	Mar (peak)
12	Ground-Ivy	Glechoma hederacea	Mint Family	19	Apr (rising)
13	Lesser Periwinkle	Vinca minor	Dogbane Family	19	Mar (peak)
14	Incised Fumewort	Corydalis incisa	Poppy Family	19	Apr (rising)
15	Hairy Bittercress	Cardamine hirsuta	mustard family	13	Mar (peak)
16	Common Chickweed	Stellaria media	pink family	11	Mar (peak)
17	Virginia saxifrage	Micranthes virginiensis	saxifrage family	10	Apr (rising)
18	Dutchman's breeches	Dicentra cucullaria	Poppy Family	9	Apr (rising)
19	Siberian squill	Scilla siberica	agave and allies	9	Mar (peak)
20	Common Groundsel	Senecio vulgaris	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	8	Mar (peak)
21	American field pansy	Viola rafinesquei	Violet Family	8	Mar (peak)
22	Red Maple	Acer rubrum	soapberry family	7	Mar (peak)
23	Garlic Mustard	Alliaria petiolata	mustard family	7	Apr (rising)
24	Little Sweet Betsy	Trillium cuneatum	Herb-Paris, False Hellebores, Trilliums and allies	6	Apr (rising)
25	Mock Strawberry	Potentilla indica	rose family	6	Apr (rising)
26	Eastern Skunk Cabbage	Symplocarpus foetidus	Arum Family	5	Feb (past peak)
27	Yellow Corydalis	Corydalis flavula	Poppy Family	5	Mar (peak)
28	Box Elder	Acer negundo	soapberry family	4	Apr (rising)
29	Norway maple	Acer platanoides	soapberry family	4	Mar (peak)
30	Annual Honesty	Lunaria annua	mustard family	4	Apr (rising)
31	Redstem Stork's-bill	Erodium cicutarium	Geranium family	3	Mar (peak)
32	Star Chickweed	Stellaria pubera	pink family	3	Apr (rising)
33	Common Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	2	Apr (rising)
34	Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Legumes	2	Apr (rising)
35	Dove's-foot crane's-bill	Geranium molle	Geranium family	2	Apr (rising)
36	Common Whitlowgrass	Draba verna	mustard family	2	Mar (peak)
37	Shepherd's-Purse	Capsella bursa-pastoris	mustard family	2	Apr (rising)
38	common star-of-Bethlehem	Ornithogalum umbellatum	agave and allies	2	Apr (rising)
39	Trailing Arbutus	Epigaea repens	heath family	2	Mar (peak)
40	Rue Anemone	Thalictrum thalictroides	buttercup family	2	Apr (rising)
41	Callery pear	Pyrus calleryana	rose family	2	Mar (peak)
42	Asian mazus	Mazus pumilus	mazus family	2	Apr (rising)
43	Common Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	rose family	1	Apr (rising)
44	Common Pawpaw	Asimina triloba	custard-apples	1	Apr (rising)
45	Catchweed Bedstraw	Galium aparine	madder family	1	Apr (rising)
46	Greater Periwinkle	Vinca major	Dogbane Family	1	Apr (rising)
47	Wild radish	Raphanus raphanistrum	mustard family	1	Mar (peak)
48	White Clover	Trifolium repens	Legumes	1	May (rising)
49	European field pansy	Viola arvensis	Violet Family	1	Apr (rising)
50	Azure Bluet	Houstonia caerulea	madder family	1	Apr (rising)