Wildflowers Blooming in Indiana in April (60 Species)

60 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Indiana in April in our iNaturalist sample; 39 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 Nov

Top wildflowers in April

Dutchman's breeches835 obs.

Prairie Trillium651 obs.

Virginia Springbeauty493 obs.

Bloodroot473 obs.

Yellow Trout Lily471 obs.

Virginia bluebells460 obs.

Toadshade356 obs.

Squirrel Corn328 obs.

Henbit Deadnettle293 obs.

Celandine Poppy282 obs.

Red Deadnettle248 obs.

False Rue Anemone241 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Indiana in April

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Dutchman's breeches	Dicentra cucullaria	Poppy Family	835	Apr (peak)
2	Prairie Trillium	Trillium recurvatum	Herb-Paris, False Hellebores, Trilliums and allies	651	Apr (peak)
3	Virginia Springbeauty	Claytonia virginica	Pussypaw Family	493	Apr (peak)
4	Bloodroot	Sanguinaria canadensis	Poppy Family	473	Apr (peak)
5	Yellow Trout Lily	Erythronium americanum	lily family	471	Apr (peak)
6	Virginia bluebells	Mertensia virginica	borage family	460	Apr (peak)
7	Toadshade	Trillium sessile	Herb-Paris, False Hellebores, Trilliums and allies	356	Apr (peak)
8	Squirrel Corn	Dicentra canadensis	Poppy Family	328	Apr (peak)
9	Henbit Deadnettle	Lamium amplexicaule	Mint Family	293	Apr (peak)
10	Celandine Poppy	Chelidonium diphyllum	Poppy Family	282	Apr (peak)
11	Red Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Mint Family	248	Apr (peak)
12	False Rue Anemone	Enemion biternatum	buttercup family	241	Apr (peak)
13	White Fawnlily	Erythronium albidum	lily family	236	Apr (peak)
14	Common Pawpaw	Asimina triloba	custard-apples	228	Apr (peak)
15	Large White Trillium	Trillium grandiflorum	Herb-Paris, False Hellebores, Trilliums and allies	226	May (rising)
16	Blue Phlox	Phlox divaricata	phlox family	214	Apr (peak)
17	Lesser Celandine	Ficaria verna	buttercup family	209	Apr (peak)
18	Cut-Leaved Toothwort	Cardamine concatenata	mustard family	183	Apr (peak)
19	Rue Anemone	Thalictrum thalictroides	buttercup family	177	Apr (peak)
20	Garlic Mustard	Alliaria petiolata	mustard family	172	Apr (peak)
21	Drooping Trillium	Trillium flexipes	Herb-Paris, False Hellebores, Trilliums and allies	150	Apr (peak)
22	Wild Geranium	Geranium maculatum	Geranium family	141	Apr (peak)
23	Mayapple	Podophyllum peltatum	barberry family	128	Apr (peak)
24	Jack-in-the-Pulpit	Arisaema triphyllum	Arum Family	118	Apr (peak)
25	Largeflower Bellwort	Uvularia grandiflora	Bellworts and allies	111	Apr (peak)
26	Harbinger of Spring	Erigenia bulbosa	carrot family	103	Mar (past peak)
27	Ground-Ivy	Glechoma hederacea	Mint Family	102	Apr (peak)
28	Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Legumes	98	Apr (peak)
29	Fire Pink	Silene virginica	pink family	94	May (rising)
30	American bladdernut	Staphylea trifolia	bladdernut family	83	Apr (peak)
31	Reflexed Wild Ginger	Asarum reflexum	birthwort family	81	Apr (peak)
32	Smooth Yellow Violet	Viola eriocarpa	Violet Family	77	Apr (peak)
33	Dwarf Larkspur	Delphinium tricorne	buttercup family	75	Apr (peak)
34	Marsh Marigold	Caltha palustris	buttercup family	68	Apr (peak)
35	Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Dogwood family	66	Apr (peak)
36	Northern Spicebush	Lindera benzoin	laurels	60	Mar (past peak)
37	Red Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	buttercup family	58	May (rising)
38	Blue Cohosh	Caulophyllum thalictroides	barberry family	57	Apr (peak)
39	Lesser Periwinkle	Vinca minor	Dogbane Family	56	Apr (peak)
40	Golden Ragwort	Packera aurea	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	55	Apr (peak)
41	Purple Cress	Cardamine douglassii	mustard family	54	Mar (past peak)
42	Common Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	51	Apr (peak)
43	Star Chickweed	Stellaria pubera	pink family	51	Apr (peak)
44	Jacob's ladder	Polemonium reptans	phlox family	48	Apr (peak)
45	Butterweed	Packera glabella	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	46	May (rising)
46	Miami Mist	Phacelia purshii	borage family	46	May (rising)
47	Catchweed Bedstraw	Galium aparine	madder family	42	May (rising)
48	Yellow Lady's Slipper	Cypripedium parviflorum	Orchids	41	Apr (peak)
49	Atlantic camas	Camassia scilloides	agave and allies	39	May (rising)
50	Canadian lousewort	Pedicularis canadensis	broomrape family	38	May (rising)