Approximate Bloom Times for
Plants of the Southern Appalachians
This is going to vary depending on elevation and other factors
- FEBRUARY
- Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidas
- Dandelion Taraxacum offincinale
- MARCH
- Trout Lily Erythromium americanum
- Boodroot Sanguinaria canadensis (into April)
- Jack In The Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum ('til June)
- Windflower Thalictrum thalictroides
- Columbine Aquilegia canadensis ('til May, but 'til frost at higher locations.)
- Dwarf Iris Iris verna (into April)
- Larkspur Delphinium tricorne (into April)
- Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra circullaria (into April)
- Toothwort Dentaria laciniata (into May)
- Red Bud Cercis canadensis (into April)
- Birdfoot Violet Viola pedata (into May)
- Halberd Leaved Yellow violet (into May)
- Dogwood Cornus florida (into April)
- Pinxter Rhododendron nudiflorum (into May)
- Oconee Bells Shortia galicifolia (into April)
- Wild Strawberry Fraginaria virginiana (into June)
- Spring Beauty Claytonia caroliniana
- Buttercups Ranunculus hispidis
- Yellow Star-Grass Hypoxis hirsuta (into June)
- Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium augustifolium (into June)
- Sweet Shrub Calycanthus floridus (into June)
- Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis (into April)
- APRIL
- Leucothue Luecothue spp. (into June)
- Shooting Star Dodecatheon meadia (into May)
- Nodding Trillium Trillium cernuum (into May)
- Catesby's Trillium Trillium catesbaei (into May)
- Wake Robin Trillium erectum (into May)
- Painted Trillium Trillium undulatum (into May)
- Large Flowered Trillium Trillium grandiflorum (into May)
- Indian Cucumber Root Medeola virginiana
- Bellwort Uvalaria grandiflora
- Crested Dwarf Iris Iris cristata (into May)
- False Solomon's Seal Smilacina racemosa ('til June)
- Nodding Mandarin Disporum maculatum (into May)
- Twisted Stalk Streptopus roseus ('til June)
- Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum (into June at higher elevations)
- Lily of the Valley Convallaria montana (into May)
- Wild Ginger Asaram canadense (into May)
- Pink Ladyslipper Cyprepedium acaule (into June)
- Yellow Ladyslipper Cyprepedium calceaolus var. pubescens (into June)
- Showy Orchid Orchis spectablis (into May)
- Giant Chickweed Stellaria pubera (into June)
- Fire Pink Silene virginica (into July)
- Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum (into May)
- Bleeding Heart Dicentra exima (into June)
- Squirrel Corn Dicentra canadensis (into May)
- Foam Flower Tiarella cordifolia (into June)
- Blackberry Rubus argustus (into May)
- Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum (into June)
- Phacelia Phacelia bipinnatifida (into May)
- Fringed Phacelia Phacelia fimbriata (into May)
- Lyre Leaved Sage Salvia lyrata (into May)
- Indian Paintbrush Castilleja coccinea (into May)
- Squaw Root Conopholus americana (into June)
- Golden Groundsel Senecio aureus (into June)
- Pinxter Flower Rhododendron nudiflorum (into May)
- Heal All Prunella vulgaris (till frost)
- Redbud Tree Cercia canadensis (into May)
- Dogwood Cornus florida
- Blazing Star Chamaelirium luteum (into June)
- Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides (into May)
- Umbrella Leaf Diphylleia cymosa (into June)
- Pink Wood Sorrel Oxalis violacea (into July)
- Robins-Plantain Erigeron pulchellus (into June)
- MAY
- Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia (into June)
- Catawba Rhododendron Rhododendron catawbiense (into June)
- Bowman's Root Gillenia trifoliata (into July)
- Phlox Phlox carolina (into August at high elevations)
- Clinton's Lily Clintonia borealis (into June)
- Blue Bead Lily Clintonia umbellulata (into June)
- False Lily of the Valley Maianthemum canadense (into June)
- Heart Leaf Ginger Hexastylus shuttleworthi (into July)
- Meadow Rue Thalictrum revolutum (into July)
- Umbrella Leaf Diphylleia cymosa (into June)
- Sweet Shrub Calycanthus floridus (into june)
- Wild Hydrangea Hydrangia arborescens (into July)
- Mountain Lettuce Saxifraga micranthidifolia (into June)
- Goats Beard Aruncas dioicus (into June)
- Sundrops Oenothera tetragorna (into Aug.)
- Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota (into Sept.)
- Flame Azalea Rhododendron calendulaceum (into June)
- Galax Galax aphylla (into July)
- Whorled Loostrife Lysimachea quadrifolia (into Aug.)
- Butterfly Weed Asclepius tuberosa (into Aug.)
- Variagated Milkweed Asclepius variagata (into June)
- Bluets Houstonia spp (into August)
- Wood Sorrel Oxalis acetosella (into September)
- Allegheny Blackberry Rubus alleghensis (into June)
- Fly Poison Amianthium muscaetoxicum (into July)
- PokePhytolacca americana
- Butterfly Weed Asclepius tuberosa (into August)
- Wood Betony Pedicularis canadensis (into July)
- Houstonia Houstonia purpurea (into July)
- JUNE
- Spiderwort Tradescantia subaspera (into July)
- Turk's Cap Lily Lilium superbum (into August)
- Carolina Lily Lilium michauxii (into August)
- Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyear pubescens (into August)
- Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa (into July)
- Saxifrage Saxifraga michauxi (into Aug.)
- Brook Saxifrage Boykinia aconitifolia (into July)
- Mountain Lettuce Saxifraga micranthidifolia (into June)
- Flowering Raspberry Rubus odoratus (into Aug.)
- Indian Pipes Monotropa uniflora (into Oct.)
- Rosebay Rhododendron maximum (into July)
- Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum (into July)
- Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens (into Aug.)
- Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota (into September)
- Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla sessifolia (into August)
- Beard Tongue Penstemon spp (into July)
- Mountain Ash Sorbus americana (into July)
- False Hellebore Veratrum viride (into August)
- Coreopsis Coreopsis pubescens (into August)
- Mullein Verbascum thapsus (into September)
- Bull Thistle Carduus lanceolatus (till frost)
- Tall Meadow Rue Thalictrum polygamum (until July)
- Fleabane Erigeron strigosis (until july)
- Hypericum Hypericum spp (into August)
- Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens (into August)
- Whorled Loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia (into July
- JULY
- Starry Campion Silene stellata (into Sept.)
- St. John's Wort Hypericum prolificum (into Aug.)
- Pale Jewel Weed Impatiens pallida (into Sept.)
- Jewel Weed Impatiens capensis (into Sept.)
- Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
- Common Milkweed Asclepius syriaca (into August)
- BeeBalm Monarda spp. (into August)
- Tall Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata (into August)
- Bellflower Campanula americana (into September)
- White Snakeroot Eupatorium rugosum (into October)
- Turtlehead Chelone cuthbertii (into September)
- AUGUST
- Campion Silene ovata (into Sept.)
- Dodder Coscuta rostrata (into Sept.)
- Ironweed Venonia noveboracensis (into September)
- Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum (into September)
- Obedient Plant Dracocephalum virginianum (into September)
- Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
- Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana
- Blazing Star Liatris spicata (into September)
- Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale (into September)
- Angelica Angelica triquinata (into September)
- Rabbit Tobacco Gnaphalium obtusifolium (into October)
- SEPTEMBER
- Stiff Gentian Gentiana quinquefolia (into Oct.)
- Sampson's Snakeroot Gentiana villosa (into Oct.)
- Soapwort Gentian Gentiana saponaria (into Oct.)
- Goldenrod Solidago spp
- Aster Aster spp
- Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana (into December)
