Plants of Lexington, KY
The plants most often spotted near Lexington, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
17,815
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 17,815 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species near Lexington. The most frequently seen is the dwarf larkspur, with 773 recorded sightings.
Most-observed plants near Lexington
dwarf larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
773 observations · iNaturalist
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
708 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
653 observations
toadshade
Trillium sessile
609 observations
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
524 observations
fortune's spindle
Euonymus fortunei
505 observations · iNaturalist
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
487 observations · iNaturalist
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
448 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
442 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
439 observations
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
436 observations · iNaturalist
Purple Phacelia
Phacelia bipinnatifida
434 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia saxifrage
Micranthes virginiensis
416 observations · iNaturalist
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
403 observations
woodland stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
401 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
389 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
386 observations
twinleaf
Jeffersonia diphylla
378 observations
Purple Cress
Cardamine douglassii
369 observations · iNaturalist
Miami Mist
Phacelia purshii
369 observations · iNaturalist
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
357 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
351 observations
common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
344 observations · iNaturalist
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
338 observations · iNaturalist
mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
337 observations · iNaturalist
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
319 observations
spring blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia verna
303 observations · iNaturalist
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
300 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
294 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
289 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
287 observations
Butterweed
Packera glabella
280 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
277 observations
white clover
Trifolium repens
273 observations
cream violet
Viola striata
270 observations
false rue anemone
Enemion biternatum
266 observations · iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
261 observations
poison hemlock
Conium maculatum
261 observations
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans
253 observations · iNaturalist
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
249 observations
great waterleaf
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
248 observations · iNaturalist
leafcup
Polymnia canadensis
244 observations · iNaturalist
tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
241 observations · iNaturalist
yellow trout lily
Erythronium americanum
239 observations
great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
236 observations
white fawnlily
Erythronium albidum
235 observations
sharp-lobed hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
228 observations · iNaturalist
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
224 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
221 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
221 observations
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