Wildflowers Blooming in Mississippi in October (49 Species)

49 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Mississippi in October in our iNaturalist sample; 15 of the top 50 are at their peak this month. The list is ranked by number of research-grade observations.

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Top wildflowers in October

Blue Mistflower300 obs.

Tall Goldenrod112 obs.

Calico Aster82 obs.

Late Boneset48 obs.

White Snakeroot46 obs.

Climbing Hempvine45 obs.

Cardinal Flower44 obs.

Frostweed44 obs.

Groundsel Tree39 obs.

Common Wrinkle-Leaved Goldenrod34 obs.

White beggarticks34 obs.

Common Sneezeweed33 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Mississippi in October

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Blue Mistflower	Conoclinium coelestinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	300	Oct (peak)
2	Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	112	Oct (peak)
3	Calico Aster	Symphyotrichum lateriflorum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	82	Oct (peak)
4	Late Boneset	Eupatorium serotinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	48	Sep (past peak)
5	White Snakeroot	Ageratina altissima	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	46	Oct (peak)
6	Climbing Hempvine	Mikania scandens	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	45	Sep (past peak)
7	Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	bellflower family	44	Sep (past peak)
8	Frostweed	Verbesina virginica	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	44	Sep (past peak)
9	Groundsel Tree	Baccharis halimifolia	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	39	Oct (peak)
10	Common Wrinkle-Leaved Goldenrod	Solidago rugosa	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	34	Oct (peak)
11	White beggarticks	Bidens alba	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	34	Sep (past peak)
12	Common Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	33	Oct (peak)
13	Frost Aster	Symphyotrichum pilosum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	30	Oct (peak)
14	Ghost Pipe	Monotropa uniflora	heath family	28	Oct (peak)
15	Crowpoison	Nothoscordum bivalve	amaryllis, onions, and allies	28	Mar (past peak)
16	Downy Lobelia	Lobelia puberula	bellflower family	27	Sep (past peak)
17	New England aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	26	Oct (peak)
18	Camphorweed	Heterotheca subaxillaris	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	25	Sep (past peak)
19	Bitterweed	Helenium amarum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	23	Aug (past peak)
20	Blue Curls	Trichostema dichotomum	Mint Family	23	Sep (past peak)
21	Low Smartweed	Persicaria longiseta	knotweed family	20	Oct (peak)
22	Bluestem Goldenrod	Solidago caesia	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	18	Oct (peak)
23	Tievine	Ipomoea cordatotriloba	bindweed family	17	Sep (past peak)
24	Orange Milkwort	Senega lutea	milkworts	17	Apr (past peak)
25	Wingstem	Verbesina alternifolia	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	15	Sep (past peak)
26	Common Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	15	Sep (past peak)
27	Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	bellflower family	14	Oct (peak)
28	White Morning-glory	Ipomoea lacunosa	bindweed family	14	Sep (past peak)
29	Trailing Fuzzy-Bean	Strophostyles helvola	Legumes	14	Sep (past peak)
30	Halberd-leaf Rosemallow	Hibiscus laevis	Mallow and Hibiscus Family	13	Jul (past peak)
31	Pineland Hibiscus	Sabdariffa aculeata	Mallow and Hibiscus Family	13	Jul (past peak)
32	St. Andrew's cross	Hypericum hypericoides	St. John's wort family	12	Jul (past peak)
33	Japanese honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	honeysuckle family	11	Apr (past peak)
34	Common Evening-Primrose	Oenothera biennis	evening primrose family	10	Sep (past peak)
35	Turk's cap	Malvaviscus arboreus	Mallow and Hibiscus Family	10	Sep (past peak)
36	Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Legumes	10	Aug (past peak)
37	Sharpwing Monkeyflower	Mimulus alatus	lopseed family	10	Aug (past peak)
38	Turkey Tangle Frogfruit	Phyla nodiflora	Verbena Family	9	May (past peak)
39	Buttonweed	Diodia virginiana	madder family	9	Jul (past peak)
40	Sweet Everlasting	Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	9	Sep (past peak)
41	Common Jewelweed	Impatiens capensis	balsam family	8	Sep (past peak)
42	Asiatic dayflower	Commelina communis	Spiderworts	8	Oct (peak)
43	black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	8	Jun (past peak)
44	White Turtlehead	Chelone glabra	Plantain Family	8	Oct (peak)
45	Oriental false hawksbeard	Youngia japonica	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	8	Mar (past peak)
46	Butterfly Pea	Centrosema virginianum	Legumes	8	Jul (past peak)
47	Firewheel	Gaillardia pulchella	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	7	May (past peak)
48	Horseweed	Erigeron canadensis	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	7	Sep (past peak)
49	Leafy Elephant's-Foot	Elephantopus carolinianus	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	7	Sep (past peak)