Wildflowers Blooming in Florida in April (59 Species)

59 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Florida in April in our iNaturalist sample; 23 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 April

Eastern Coral Bean406 obs.

Purple Passionflower369 obs.

Elliott's milkpea344 obs.

Florida Hedgenettle295 obs.

Pale Grasspink290 obs.

Spurge Nettle282 obs.

Lyreleaf Sage277 obs.

Netted Pawpaw269 obs.

Chinese Crown Orchid243 obs.

Bearded Grasspink234 obs.

Manyflower Marshpennywort226 obs.

American black elderberry226 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Florida in April

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Eastern Coral Bean	Erythrina herbacea	Legumes	406	Apr (peak)
2	Purple Passionflower	Passiflora incarnata	Passionfruit Family	369	May (rising)
3	Elliott's milkpea	Galactia elliottii	Legumes	344	May (rising)
4	Florida Hedgenettle	Stachys floridana	Mint Family	295	Apr (peak)
5	Pale Grasspink	Calopogon pallidus	Orchids	290	Apr (peak)
6	Spurge Nettle	Cnidoscolus stimulosus	Spurge Family	282	Apr (peak)
7	Lyreleaf Sage	Salvia lyrata	Mint Family	277	Mar (past peak)
8	Netted Pawpaw	Asimina reticulata	custard-apples	269	Mar (past peak)
9	Chinese Crown Orchid	Eulophia graminea	Orchids	243	Apr (peak)
10	Bearded Grasspink	Calopogon barbatus	Orchids	234	Mar (past peak)
11	Manyflower Marshpennywort	Hydrocotyle umbellata	ivy family	226	Mar (past peak)
12	American black elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	elder family	226	Apr (peak)
13	Partridgeberry	Mitchella repens	madder family	223	Mar (past peak)
14	White beggarticks	Bidens alba	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	220	Jan (past peak)
15	Slimleaf Pawpaw	Asimina angustifolia	custard-apples	212	May (rising)
16	Helmet skullcap	Scutellaria integrifolia	Mint Family	200	Apr (peak)
17	Orange Milkwort	Senega lutea	milkworts	184	Mar (past peak)
18	Tuberous Grasspink	Calopogon tuberosus	Orchids	167	May (rising)
19	Bristle Thistle	Cirsium horridulum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	156	Mar (past peak)
20	Turkey Tangle Frogfruit	Phyla nodiflora	Verbena Family	153	Apr (peak)
21	Pickerelweed	Pontederia cordata	Pickerelweeds	143	Apr (peak)
22	Whitemouth Dayflower	Commelina erecta	Spiderworts	130	May (rising)
23	Carolina ruellia	Ruellia caroliniensis	Acanthus Family	100	Apr (peak)
24	Chinese privet	Ligustrum sinense	olive family	86	Apr (peak)
25	Lizard's Tail	Saururus cernuus	lizard's tail family	82	Apr (peak)
26	Tropical sage	Salvia coccinea	Mint Family	77	Apr (peak)
27	Cross Vine	Bignonia capreolata	bignonia family	76	Mar (past peak)
28	American beautyberry	Callicarpa americana	Mint Family	72	Jun (rising)
29	clasping Venus's looking glass	Triodanis perfoliata	bellflower family	70	Mar (past peak)
30	American white waterlily	Nymphaea odorata	Waterlily Family	69	Apr (peak)
31	Blue Pigroot	Sisyrinchium micranthum	iris family	67	Apr (peak)
32	Largeflower pink-sorrel	Oxalis debilis	Woodsorrel Family	63	Mar (past peak)
33	American persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	persimmon family	59	Apr (peak)
34	Ohio spiderwort	Tradescantia ohiensis	Spiderworts	57	Mar (past peak)
35	Lantana	Lantana strigocamara	Verbena Family	57	Apr (peak)
36	Strawberry Bush	Euonymus americanus	staff-vine family	56	Apr (peak)
37	Largeleaf Pennywort	Hydrocotyle bonariensis	ivy family	56	May (rising)
38	Alamo vine	Distimake dissectus	bindweed family	56	May (rising)
39	Firewheel	Gaillardia pulchella	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	55	Apr (peak)
40	Butterfly Milkweed	Asclepias tuberosa	Dogbane Family	53	May (rising)
41	Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	madder family	53	May (rising)
42	Madagascar Periwinkle	Catharanthus roseus	Dogbane Family	52	Oct (rising)
43	Common Purslane	Portulaca oleracea	purslane family	50	Apr (peak)
44	Rose Pogonia	Pogonia ophioglossoides	Orchids	47	Apr (peak)
45	Swamp Rose	Rosa palustris	rose family	47	Apr (peak)
46	White Clover	Trifolium repens	Legumes	45	Mar (past peak)
47	Sea Ox-Eye	Borrichia frutescens	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	45	May (rising)
48	Coral Honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens	honeysuckle family	44	Apr (peak)
49	Southern Dewberry	Rubus trivialis	rose family	40	Mar (past peak)
50	Butterfly Pea	Centrosema virginianum	Legumes	40	Aug (rising)