Plants of Indiana
The plants most often spotted in Indiana, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
174,619
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 174,619 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Indiana. The most frequently seen is the Virginia Springbeauty, with 7,299 recorded sightings.
Most-observed plants in Indiana
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
7,299 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
7,186 observations
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
6,675 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
5,909 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
5,413 observations
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
5,025 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
4,707 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
4,634 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
4,427 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
4,339 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
4,150 observations
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
4,108 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
4,034 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
3,920 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
3,691 observations
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
3,462 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
3,409 observations
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
3,334 observations
wild carrot
Daucus carota
3,248 observations
Butterweed
Packera glabella
3,216 observations · iNaturalist
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
3,194 observations
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
3,186 observations · iNaturalist
tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
3,106 observations · iNaturalist
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
3,096 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
3,048 observations
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
3,040 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
3,011 observations
great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
3,007 observations
fortune's spindle
Euonymus fortunei
2,942 observations · iNaturalist
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
2,886 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
2,874 observations
white clover
Trifolium repens
2,767 observations
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
2,762 observations
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
2,731 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
2,715 observations
butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
2,701 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
2,699 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
2,692 observations
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
2,646 observations
harbinger of spring
Erigenia bulbosa
2,624 observations · iNaturalist
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
2,569 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
2,559 observations
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
2,539 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
2,522 observations
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
2,480 observations · iNaturalist
wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
2,452 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
2,448 observations
false rue anemone
Enemion biternatum
2,411 observations · iNaturalist
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
2,363 observations
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
2,363 observations
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