Plants of St. Louis, MO
The plants most often spotted near St. Louis, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
32,103
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 32,103 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species near St. Louis. The most frequently seen is the Amur honeysuckle, with 1,559 recorded sightings.
Most-observed plants near St. Louis
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
1,559 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
1,219 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
1,186 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
1,115 observations
white clover
Trifolium repens
1,017 observations
Butterweed
Packera glabella
970 observations · iNaturalist
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
936 observations
mock strawberry
Potentilla indica
919 observations · iNaturalist
fortune's spindle
Euonymus fortunei
837 observations · iNaturalist
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
772 observations · iNaturalist
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
766 observations
henbit deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
766 observations · iNaturalist
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
737 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
729 observations
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
697 observations
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
696 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
638 observations
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
628 observations · iNaturalist
common star-of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum
627 observations · iNaturalist
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
582 observations
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
581 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
576 observations
late boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
571 observations · iNaturalist
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
558 observations
American persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
552 observations
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
544 observations
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
541 observations
tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
540 observations · iNaturalist
American burnweed
Erechtites hieraciifolius
535 observations · iNaturalist
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
532 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
532 observations
American trumpet vine
Campsis radicans
525 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
515 observations
partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
509 observations
low smartweed
Persicaria longiseta
498 observations · iNaturalist
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
489 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
482 observations
blue mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
477 observations
fragrant sumac
Rhus aromatica
471 observations
flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
467 observations
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
454 observations
wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
452 observations
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
442 observations
common dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
427 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
418 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
416 observations
tree-of-heaven
Ailanthus altissima
410 observations · iNaturalist
musk thistle
Carduus nutans
400 observations · iNaturalist
American germander
Teucrium canadense
399 observations · iNaturalist
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
394 observations
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