Wildflowers Blooming in Florida in March (50 Species)

50 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Florida in March in our iNaturalist sample; 27 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 March

Netted Pawpaw1,653 obs.

Lyreleaf Sage726 obs.

Southern Dewberry556 obs.

Bearded Grasspink442 obs.

Bristle Thistle293 obs.

Deerberry276 obs.

Florida Hedgenettle252 obs.

Partridgeberry246 obs.

Manyflower Marshpennywort231 obs.

Cross Vine229 obs.

Eastern Coral Bean229 obs.

White beggarticks223 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Florida in March

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Netted Pawpaw	Asimina reticulata	custard-apples	1,653	Mar (peak)
2	Lyreleaf Sage	Salvia lyrata	Mint Family	726	Mar (peak)
3	Southern Dewberry	Rubus trivialis	rose family	556	Mar (peak)
4	Bearded Grasspink	Calopogon barbatus	Orchids	442	Mar (peak)
5	Bristle Thistle	Cirsium horridulum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	293	Mar (peak)
6	Deerberry	Vaccinium stamineum	heath family	276	Mar (peak)
7	Florida Hedgenettle	Stachys floridana	Mint Family	252	Apr (rising)
8	Partridgeberry	Mitchella repens	madder family	246	Mar (peak)
9	Manyflower Marshpennywort	Hydrocotyle umbellata	ivy family	231	Mar (peak)
10	Cross Vine	Bignonia capreolata	bignonia family	229	Mar (peak)
11	Eastern Coral Bean	Erythrina herbacea	Legumes	229	Apr (rising)
12	White beggarticks	Bidens alba	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	223	Jan (past peak)
13	Spurge Nettle	Cnidoscolus stimulosus	Spurge Family	215	Apr (rising)
14	Chinese Crown Orchid	Eulophia graminea	Orchids	207	Apr (rising)
15	Orange Milkwort	Senega lutea	milkworts	186	Mar (peak)
16	Canada toadflax	Linaria canadensis	Plantain Family	179	Mar (peak)
17	White Fringetree	Chionanthus virginicus	olive family	97	Mar (peak)
18	American black elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	elder family	93	Apr (rising)
19	Largeflower pink-sorrel	Oxalis debilis	Woodsorrel Family	90	Mar (peak)
20	Red Buckeye	Aesculus pavia	soapberry family	88	Mar (peak)
21	Pickerelweed	Pontederia cordata	Pickerelweeds	87	Apr (rising)
22	Carolina crane's-bill	Geranium carolinianum	Geranium family	86	Mar (peak)
23	Ohio spiderwort	Tradescantia ohiensis	Spiderworts	83	Mar (peak)
24	Pale Grasspink	Calopogon pallidus	Orchids	78	Apr (rising)
25	Yellow Jessamine	Gelsemium sempervirens	Gelsemiaceae	75	Feb (past peak)
26	Oriental false hawksbeard	Youngia japonica	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	75	Feb (past peak)
27	clasping Venus's looking glass	Triodanis perfoliata	bellflower family	70	Mar (peak)
28	Black Medick	Medicago lupulina	Legumes	63	Mar (peak)
29	Madagascar Periwinkle	Catharanthus roseus	Dogbane Family	63	Oct (rising)
30	Tropical sage	Salvia coccinea	Mint Family	63	Apr (rising)
31	White Clover	Trifolium repens	Legumes	50	Mar (peak)
32	Butterweed	Packera glabella	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	46	Mar (peak)
33	Red Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	buttercup family	45	Mar (peak)
34	Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Dogwood family	44	Mar (peak)
35	Lantana	Lantana strigocamara	Verbena Family	43	Apr (rising)
36	Three-Lobed Violet	Viola palmata	Violet Family	43	Mar (peak)
37	Cutleaf Evening Primrose	Oenothera laciniata	evening primrose family	41	Mar (peak)
38	Helmet skullcap	Scutellaria integrifolia	Mint Family	40	Apr (rising)
39	American white waterlily	Nymphaea odorata	Waterlily Family	38	Apr (rising)
40	Turkey Tangle Frogfruit	Phyla nodiflora	Verbena Family	38	Apr (rising)
41	Firewheel	Gaillardia pulchella	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	37	Apr (rising)
42	Strawberry Bush	Euonymus americanus	staff-vine family	37	Apr (rising)
43	Primrose-Leaved Violet	Viola primulifolia	Violet Family	37	Mar (peak)
44	Henbit Deadnettle	Lamium amplexicaule	Mint Family	36	Feb (past peak)
45	Carolina ruellia	Ruellia caroliniensis	Acanthus Family	33	Apr (rising)
46	Eastern Poison Ivy	Toxicodendron radicans	Cashew Family	32	Mar (peak)
47	Common Purslane	Portulaca oleracea	purslane family	29	Apr (rising)
48	Lizard's Tail	Saururus cernuus	lizard's tail family	29	Apr (rising)
49	Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Legumes	29	Mar (peak)
50	Coral Honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens	honeysuckle family	29	Apr (rising)