Wildflowers Blooming in Texas in October (60 Species)

60 wildflowers were recorded blooming in Texas in October in our iNaturalist sample; 7 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

Turk's cap518 obs.

Frostweed337 obs.

Whitemouth Dayflower316 obs.

Tievine284 obs.

Brazos rain-lily272 obs.

Straggler Daisy224 obs.

Tall Goldenrod219 obs.

Siam weed218 obs.

Cowpen Daisy201 obs.

Scarletfruit Passionflower192 obs.

Blue Mistflower178 obs.

Texas Skeleton Plant160 obs.

All wildflowers blooming in Texas in October

#	Species	Scientific name	Family	Obs.	Peak in state
1	Turk's cap	Malvaviscus arboreus	Mallow and Hibiscus Family	518	May (past peak)
2	Frostweed	Verbesina virginica	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	337	Oct (peak)
3	Whitemouth Dayflower	Commelina erecta	Spiderworts	316	May (past peak)
4	Tievine	Ipomoea cordatotriloba	bindweed family	284	Sep (past peak)
5	Brazos rain-lily	Zephyranthes chlorosolen	amaryllis, onions, and allies	272	Sep (past peak)
6	Straggler Daisy	Calyptocarpus vialis	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	224	Apr (past peak)
7	Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	219	Oct (peak)
8	Siam weed	Chromolaena odorata	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	218	Nov (rising)
9	Cowpen Daisy	Verbesina encelioides	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	201	Apr (past peak)
10	Scarletfruit Passionflower	Passiflora lanuginosa	Passionfruit Family	192	Sep (past peak)
11	Blue Mistflower	Conoclinium coelestinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	178	Oct (peak)
12	Texas Skeleton Plant	Lygodesmia texana	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	160	May (past peak)
13	Tropical sage	Salvia coccinea	Mint Family	143	Apr (past peak)
14	Turkey Tangle Frogfruit	Phyla nodiflora	Verbena Family	137	Apr (past peak)
15	Camphorweed	Heterotheca subaxillaris	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	137	Oct (peak)
16	Late Boneset	Eupatorium serotinum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	134	Sep (past peak)
17	Lantana	Lantana strigocamara	Verbena Family	134	Apr (past peak)
18	Bitterweed	Helenium amarum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	130	Sep (past peak)
19	Climbing Hempvine	Mikania scandens	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	120	Oct (peak)
20	Common Sunflower	Helianthus annuus	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	118	Jun (past peak)
21	Silverleaf Nightshade	Solanum elaeagnifolium	nightshade family	114	Apr (past peak)
22	Upright Prairie Coneflower	Ratibida columnifera	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	113	May (past peak)
23	Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	bellflower family	98	Sep (past peak)
24	Purple Passionflower	Passiflora incarnata	Passionfruit Family	93	May (past peak)
25	Purple Groundcherry	Quincula lobata	nightshade family	89	Apr (past peak)
26	Texas creeping-oxeye	Wedelia hispida	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	88	Apr (past peak)
27	Santa Maria feverfew	Parthenium hysterophorus	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	86	Apr (past peak)
28	Anacahuita	Cordia boissieri	borage family	86	Apr (past peak)
29	Alamo vine	Distimake dissectus	bindweed family	84	Sep (past peak)
30	Gregg's tube tongue	Justicia pilosella	Acanthus Family	82	Apr (past peak)
31	Crowpoison	Nothoscordum bivalve	amaryllis, onions, and allies	81	Mar (past peak)
32	Zizotes milkweed	Asclepias oenotheroides	Dogbane Family	81	Sep (past peak)
33	Pigeonberry	Rivina humilis	Petiveria Family	77	Apr (past peak)
34	Texas lantana	Lantana urticoides	Verbena Family	73	Apr (past peak)
35	Blackfoot Daisy	Melampodium leucanthum	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	71	Apr (past peak)
36	Buttonweed	Diodia virginiana	madder family	71	Sep (past peak)
37	Blue Curls	Trichostema dichotomum	Mint Family	70	Sep (past peak)
38	Green Antelopehorns	Asclepias viridis	Dogbane Family	69	Apr (past peak)
39	Buffalo-Bur	Solanum rostratum	nightshade family	66	Sep (past peak)
40	Snapdragon Vine	Maurandella antirrhiniflora	Plantain Family	65	Apr (past peak)
41	Plains Coreopsis	Coreopsis tinctoria	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	62	May (past peak)
42	Sunshine Mimosa	Mimosa strigillosa	Legumes	58	Apr (past peak)
43	Giant Ragweed	Ambrosia trifida	Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies	57	Oct (peak)
44	Texas bindweed	Convolvulus equitans	bindweed family	53	Apr (past peak)
45	Common Wild Petunia	Ruellia nudiflora	Acanthus Family	52	Jul (past peak)
46	Dakota mock vervain	Glandularia bipinnatifida	Verbena Family	51	Apr (past peak)
47	Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Legumes	51	Sep (past peak)
48	Trailing Fuzzy-Bean	Strophostyles helvola	Legumes	51	Sep (past peak)
49	Yellow Passionflower	Passiflora lutea	Passionfruit Family	48	Jun (past peak)
50	St. Andrew's cross	Hypericum hypericoides	St. John's wort family	47	Oct (peak)