Wildflowers Blooming in Georgia in October (60 Species)

60 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Georgia in October 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 October

Blue Mistflower63 obs.

Blue Curls35 obs.

Camphorweed28 obs.

White beggarticks28 obs.

Groundsel Tree26 obs.

American Witch-Hazel25 obs.

Tall Goldenrod23 obs.

Common Jewelweed20 obs.

Late Boneset20 obs.

American white waterlily19 obs.

Firewheel19 obs.

Low Smartweed19 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Georgia in October

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Blue Mistflower	Conoclinium coelestinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	63	Sep (past peak)
2	Blue Curls	Trichostema dichotomum	Mint Family	35	Sep (past peak)
3	Camphorweed	Heterotheca subaxillaris	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	28	Oct (peak)
4	White beggarticks	Bidens alba	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	28	Sep (past peak)
5	Groundsel Tree	Baccharis halimifolia	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	26	Oct (peak)
6	American Witch-Hazel	Hamamelis virginiana	witch-hazel family	25	Nov (rising)
7	Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	23	Oct (peak)
8	Common Jewelweed	Impatiens capensis	balsam family	20	Sep (past peak)
9	Late Boneset	Eupatorium serotinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	20	Sep (past peak)
10	American white waterlily	Nymphaea odorata	Waterlily Family	19	Apr (past peak)
11	Firewheel	Gaillardia pulchella	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	19	Jun (past peak)
12	Low Smartweed	Persicaria longiseta	knotweed family	19	Sep (past peak)
13	Frost Aster	Symphyotrichum pilosum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	18	Oct (peak)
14	Ghost Pipe	Monotropa uniflora	heath family	15	Jun (past peak)
15	Purple Passionflower	Passiflora incarnata	Passionfruit Family	14	Jul (past peak)
16	White Snakeroot	Ageratina altissima	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	14	Oct (peak)
17	Bluestem Goldenrod	Solidago caesia	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	14	Oct (peak)
18	White Turtlehead	Chelone glabra	Plantain Family	13	Oct (peak)
19	Tievine	Ipomoea cordatotriloba	bindweed family	13	Sep (past peak)
20	American groundnut	Apios americana	Legumes	12	Aug (past peak)
21	Japanese honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	honeysuckle family	10	Apr (past peak)
22	Downy Lobelia	Lobelia puberula	bellflower family	10	Sep (past peak)
23	Wingstem	Verbesina alternifolia	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	9	Sep (past peak)
24	Climbing Hempvine	Mikania scandens	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	9	Sep (past peak)
25	Frostweed	Verbesina virginica	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	9	Sep (past peak)
26	Calico Aster	Symphyotrichum lateriflorum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	9	Oct (peak)
27	Common Blue Wood Aster	Symphyotrichum cordifolium	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	9	Oct (peak)
28	Common Morning-Glory	Ipomoea purpurea	bindweed family	8	Sep (past peak)
29	Common Selfheal	Prunella vulgaris	Mint Family	8	May (past peak)
30	Carolina horsenettle	Solanum carolinense	nightshade family	8	May (past peak)
31	Asiatic dayflower	Commelina communis	Spiderworts	8	Sep (past peak)
32	Whitemouth Dayflower	Commelina erecta	Spiderworts	8	Jun (past peak)
33	Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Legumes	8	Aug (past peak)
34	Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	bellflower family	7	Sep (past peak)
35	Bitterweed	Helenium amarum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	7	Aug (past peak)
36	Buttonweed	Diodia virginiana	madder family	7	Jul (past peak)
37	White Morning-glory	Ipomoea lacunosa	bindweed family	7	Sep (past peak)
38	Largeleaf Pennywort	Hydrocotyle bonariensis	ivy family	7	Jun (past peak)
39	black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	6	Jun (past peak)
40	Cross Vine	Bignonia capreolata	bignonia family	6	Apr (past peak)
41	St. Andrew's cross	Hypericum hypericoides	St. John's wort family	6	Aug (past peak)
42	Crowpoison	Nothoscordum bivalve	amaryllis, onions, and allies	6	Mar (past peak)
43	Autumn Clematis	Clematis terniflora	buttercup family	5	Aug (past peak)
44	Swamp Aster	Symphyotrichum puniceum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	5	Oct (peak)
45	American hog-peanut	Amphicarpaea bracteata	Legumes	5	Sep (past peak)
46	Cutleaf Coneflower	Rudbeckia laciniata	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	5	Sep (past peak)
47	White Wood Aster	Eurybia divaricata	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	5	Oct (peak)
48	Trailing Fuzzy-Bean	Strophostyles helvola	Legumes	5	Sep (past peak)
49	Pickerelweed	Pontederia cordata	Pickerelweeds	4	Sep (past peak)
50	Common Cat's-ear	Hypochaeris radicata	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	4	May (past peak)