Plants of Indiana
The plants most often spotted in Indiana, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
178,383
recent observations
50
species listed
50
plants
Naturalists have logged 178,383 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Indiana. The most frequently seen is the Virginia Springbeauty, with 7,300 recorded sightings.
Most-observed plants in Indiana
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
7,300 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
7,188 observations
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
6,806 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
6,087 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
5,689 observations
prairie trillium
Trillium recurvatum
5,028 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
4,707 observations
bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
4,645 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
4,536 observations
ground-ivy
Glechoma hederacea
4,369 observations · iNaturalist
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
4,327 observations
common jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
4,291 observations
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
4,153 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
3,925 observations
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
3,780 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
3,751 observations
eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
3,505 observations
multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
3,418 observations
Dutchman's breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
3,355 observations
wild carrot
Daucus carota
3,294 observations
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
3,272 observations
great blue lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
3,251 observations
Butterweed
Packera glabella
3,222 observations · iNaturalist
red deadnettle
Lamium purpureum
3,188 observations · iNaturalist
tall bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
3,164 observations · iNaturalist
American sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
3,118 observations
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
3,107 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
3,092 observations
wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
3,032 observations
fortune's spindle
Euonymus fortunei
2,977 observations · iNaturalist
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
2,939 observations
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
2,936 observations
white clover
Trifolium repens
2,812 observations
Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
2,794 observations
chicory
Cichorium intybus
2,760 observations
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
2,760 observations
box elder
Acer negundo
2,745 observations
butterfly milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
2,726 observations
Carolina horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
2,703 observations
American jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
2,650 observations · iNaturalist
harbinger of spring
Erigenia bulbosa
2,624 observations · iNaturalist
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
2,589 observations
rue anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
2,559 observations
northern spicebush
Lindera benzoin
2,540 observations
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
2,537 observations
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
2,489 observations · iNaturalist
wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
2,464 observations
false rue anemone
Enemion biternatum
2,411 observations · iNaturalist
American black elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
2,389 observations
eastern redcedar
Juniperus virginiana
2,379 observations
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