Wildflowers Blooming in Missouri in April (60 Species)

60 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Missouri in April in our iNaturalist sample; 42 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

Common Pawpaw497 obs.

Dutchman's breeches411 obs.

Virginia bluebells288 obs.

Miami Mist280 obs.

Prairie Trillium274 obs.

Virginia Springbeauty213 obs.

Sassafras183 obs.

Mayapple155 obs.

Red Deadnettle148 obs.

Red Columbine142 obs.

Toadshade140 obs.

American bladdernut139 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Missouri in April

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Common Pawpaw	Asimina triloba	custard-apples	497	Apr (peak)
2	Dutchman's breeches	Dicentra cucullaria	Poppy Family	411	Apr (peak)
3	Virginia bluebells	Mertensia virginica	borage family	288	Apr (peak)
4	Miami Mist	Phacelia purshii	borage family	280	Apr (peak)
5	Prairie Trillium	Trillium recurvatum	Herb-Paris, False Hellebores, Trilliums and allies	274	Apr (peak)
6	Virginia Springbeauty	Claytonia virginica	Pussypaw Family	213	Apr (peak)
7	Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	laurels	183	Apr (peak)
8	Mayapple	Podophyllum peltatum	barberry family	155	Apr (peak)
9	Red Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Mint Family	148	Apr (peak)
10	Red Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	buttercup family	142	May (rising)
11	Toadshade	Trillium sessile	Herb-Paris, False Hellebores, Trilliums and allies	140	Apr (peak)
12	American bladdernut	Staphylea trifolia	bladdernut family	139	Apr (peak)
13	common star-of-Bethlehem	Ornithogalum umbellatum	agave and allies	133	Apr (peak)
14	Atlantic camas	Camassia scilloides	agave and allies	133	Apr (peak)
15	Fire Pink	Silene virginica	pink family	121	Apr (peak)
16	Henbit Deadnettle	Lamium amplexicaule	Mint Family	119	Apr (peak)
17	Rue Anemone	Thalictrum thalictroides	buttercup family	109	Apr (peak)
18	Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Dogwood family	107	Apr (peak)
19	Blue Phlox	Phlox divaricata	phlox family	106	Apr (peak)
20	Cut-Leaved Toothwort	Cardamine concatenata	mustard family	105	Apr (peak)
21	Garlic Mustard	Alliaria petiolata	mustard family	101	Apr (peak)
22	Violet Woodsorrel	Oxalis violacea	Woodsorrel Family	97	Apr (peak)
23	Common Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	rose family	95	Mar (past peak)
24	Hoary Puccoon	Lithospermum canescens	borage family	90	Apr (peak)
25	Bloodroot	Sanguinaria canadensis	Poppy Family	90	Mar (past peak)
26	American field pansy	Viola rafinesquei	Violet Family	90	Mar (past peak)
27	Largeflower Bellwort	Uvularia grandiflora	Bellworts and allies	83	Apr (peak)
28	Dwarf Larkspur	Delphinium tricorne	buttercup family	81	Apr (peak)
29	Tall Blue Wild Indigo	Baptisia australis	Legumes	77	May (rising)
30	Canadian lousewort	Pedicularis canadensis	broomrape family	73	Apr (peak)
31	Bird's Foot Violet	Viola pedata	Violet Family	70	Apr (peak)
32	Eastern Shooting Star	Primula meadia	primrose family	62	Apr (peak)
33	Ground-Ivy	Glechoma hederacea	Mint Family	61	Apr (peak)
34	False Rue Anemone	Enemion biternatum	buttercup family	61	Apr (peak)
35	White Fawnlily	Erythronium albidum	lily family	60	Apr (peak)
36	Celandine Poppy	Chelidonium diphyllum	Poppy Family	60	Apr (peak)
37	Lesser Celandine	Ficaria verna	buttercup family	54	Apr (peak)
38	Three-Lobed Violet	Viola palmata	Violet Family	54	Apr (peak)
39	Wild Geranium	Geranium maculatum	Geranium family	53	Apr (peak)
40	Amur honeysuckle	Lonicera maackii	honeysuckle family	52	May (rising)
41	Tiny Bluet	Houstonia pusilla	madder family	49	Mar (past peak)
42	Smooth Yellow Violet	Viola eriocarpa	Violet Family	47	Apr (peak)
43	Crowpoison	Nothoscordum bivalve	amaryllis, onions, and allies	46	Apr (peak)
44	Reflexed Wild Ginger	Asarum reflexum	birthwort family	44	Apr (peak)
45	Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Legumes	42	Apr (peak)
46	Yellow Star Grass	Hypoxis hirsuta	Stargrasses and allies	38	Apr (peak)
47	Moss Phlox	Phlox subulata	phlox family	36	Apr (peak)
48	Jacob's ladder	Polemonium reptans	phlox family	32	Apr (peak)
49	White Clover	Trifolium repens	Legumes	31	May (rising)
50	Mock Strawberry	Potentilla indica	rose family	31	Apr (peak)