Wildflowers Blooming in Oklahoma in April (60 Species)

60 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Oklahoma in April in our iNaturalist sample; 32 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

Top wildflowers in April

Green Antelopehorns151 obs.

Tall Blue Wild Indigo130 obs.

common star-of-Bethlehem91 obs.

Tiny Bluet88 obs.

Henbit Deadnettle80 obs.

Black Locust73 obs.

Golden Currant65 obs.

Virginia Springbeauty59 obs.

Purple Groundcherry58 obs.

Red Deadnettle51 obs.

Amur honeysuckle48 obs.

Texas Paintbrush46 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Oklahoma in April

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Green Antelopehorns	Asclepias viridis	Dogbane Family	151	May (rising)
2	Tall Blue Wild Indigo	Baptisia australis	Legumes	130	May (rising)
3	common star-of-Bethlehem	Ornithogalum umbellatum	agave and allies	91	Apr (peak)
4	Tiny Bluet	Houstonia pusilla	madder family	88	Mar (past peak)
5	Henbit Deadnettle	Lamium amplexicaule	Mint Family	80	Mar (past peak)
6	Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Legumes	73	Apr (peak)
7	Golden Currant	Ribes aureum	Gooseberry Family	65	Apr (peak)
8	Virginia Springbeauty	Claytonia virginica	Pussypaw Family	59	Mar (past peak)
9	Purple Groundcherry	Quincula lobata	nightshade family	58	May (rising)
10	Red Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Mint Family	51	Apr (peak)
11	Amur honeysuckle	Lonicera maackii	honeysuckle family	48	Apr (peak)
12	Texas Paintbrush	Castilleja indivisa	broomrape family	46	Apr (peak)
13	American field pansy	Viola rafinesquei	Violet Family	43	Mar (past peak)
14	Coral Honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens	honeysuckle family	39	Apr (peak)
15	Field madder	Sherardia arvensis	madder family	38	Apr (peak)
16	Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Dogwood family	38	Apr (peak)
17	Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Legumes	34	Mar (past peak)
18	Antelopehorn Milkweed	Asclepias asperula	Dogbane Family	34	May (rising)
19	Fire Pink	Silene virginica	pink family	33	Apr (peak)
20	Violet Woodsorrel	Oxalis violacea	Woodsorrel Family	33	Apr (peak)
21	Pinkladies	Oenothera speciosa	evening primrose family	31	Apr (peak)
22	American bladdernut	Staphylea trifolia	bladdernut family	31	Apr (peak)
23	White Clover	Trifolium repens	Legumes	29	Apr (peak)
24	Southern Dewberry	Rubus trivialis	rose family	27	Apr (peak)
25	Atlantic camas	Camassia scilloides	agave and allies	24	Apr (peak)
26	Crowpoison	Nothoscordum bivalve	amaryllis, onions, and allies	24	Mar (past peak)
27	Mayapple	Podophyllum peltatum	barberry family	22	Apr (peak)
28	Common Vetch	Vicia sativa	Legumes	22	Apr (peak)
29	Chinese privet	Ligustrum sinense	olive family	21	May (rising)
30	Red Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	buttercup family	20	Apr (peak)
31	Tenpetal Anemone	Anemone berlandieri	buttercup family	19	Apr (peak)
32	Japanese honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	honeysuckle family	17	May (rising)
33	Narrowleaf Puccoon	Lithospermum incisum	borage family	16	Apr (peak)
34	Bird's Foot Violet	Viola pedata	Violet Family	15	Apr (peak)
35	Winecup Mallow	Callirhoe involucrata	Mallow and Hibiscus Family	15	May (rising)
36	Redstem Stork's-bill	Erodium cicutarium	Geranium family	14	Apr (peak)
37	Common Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	rose family	13	Mar (past peak)
38	Field Bindweed	Convolvulus arvensis	bindweed family	13	May (rising)
39	Annual Honesty	Lunaria annua	mustard family	13	Apr (peak)
40	Lyreleaf Sage	Salvia lyrata	Mint Family	13	Apr (peak)
41	Corn Gromwell	Buglossoides arvensis	borage family	13	Apr (peak)
42	Common Pawpaw	Asimina triloba	custard-apples	12	Apr (peak)
43	Common Yarrow	Achillea millefolium	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	12	May (rising)
44	Hop Trefoil	Trifolium campestre	Legumes	12	Apr (peak)
45	Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Legumes	12	Apr (peak)
46	Roughleaf Dogwood	Cornus drummondii	Dogwood family	11	May (rising)
47	Mexican Plum	Prunus mexicana	rose family	10	Mar (past peak)
48	Carolina crane's-bill	Geranium carolinianum	Geranium family	9	Apr (peak)
49	Rue Anemone	Thalictrum thalictroides	buttercup family	9	Apr (peak)
50	Mock Strawberry	Potentilla indica	rose family	9	Apr (peak)