Jun 12, 2026
Minnesota Landscape Arboretumi
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Flowers Guide
Flowers Guide for Minnesota
Lakes, forests, prairies, and northern wildlife
Flower highlights, bloom-focused sightings, and the best places to look for flowers in Minnesota. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
167
Species
99
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Flowers across Minnesota
This guide focuses on flowers within Minnesota's wider region guide, with bloom-rich sightings and the places where wildflowers help define the landscape through the seasons.
Latest Sightings
Recent flower sightings in Minnesota
A recent look at flower sightings across Minnesota.
Jun 12, 2026
Minnesota Landscape Arboretumi
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Minnesota Landscape Arboretumi
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Sightings Map
See where flower sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where flower sightings cluster across Minnesota.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 flowers to look for in Minnesota
These flowers are snapped the most across this region.
Rudbeckia
9 snaps
Cranesbill
7 snaps
eastern white pine
7 snaps
Ohio spiderwort
5 snaps
Showy Lady'S Slipper
4 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for flowers in Minnesota
These place guides connect well with the flowers covered in this region.
Park47 sightings50 species
Minnesota, US
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee and Turkey.
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Park45 sightings50 species
Minnesota, US
William O'Brien State Park
You might spot Rue Anemone, Bloodroot, and White-Tailed Deer.
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Park28 sightings12 species
Minnesota, US
Trempealeau Mountain State Natural Area
You might spot Hairy Puccoon, Lanceleaf Figwort, and Ohio Spiderwort.
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Zoo30 sightings12 species
Minnesota, US
Lake Superior Zoo
You might spot African Lion, Tiger, and Snow Leopard.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Minnesota, US
North Loop
You might spot Common Eastern Bumble Bee and Eastern Gray Squirrel.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Minnesota, US
Kettle Falls Historic District
You might spot Eastern White Pine, Ruffed Grouse, and Northern Pin Oak.
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Full Guide
Full Minnesota flowers list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Rudbeckia
Cranesbill
eastern white pine
Ohio spiderwort
Showy Lady'S Slipper
large white trillium
meadow anemone
wood anemone
hairy puccoon
leadplant
northern whitecedar
purple crownvetch
wild sarsaparilla
American Black Currant
Celandine Poppy
Ghost Pipe
Phlox
Queen Anne's Lace
Virginia waterleaf
Wild Four o'Clock
Yellow Lady'S Slipper
bastard toadflax
chokecherry
common cowparsnip
common jewelweed
hemp dogbane
large-leaved aster
marsh marigold
mayapple
musk thistle
prairie alumroot
red pine
rue anemone
slender leafy spurge
tall thimbleweed
Alsike clover
American black elderberry
Black Cohosh
Broad-winged Thistle
Bull Thistle
Canada mayflower
Canadian bunchberry
Canadian wild ginger
Carolina horsenettle
Catnip
Creeping Bellflower
Eastern Cottonwood
Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Echinacea
European Pasqueflower
Greater celandine
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Lyreleaf Rockcress
Meadow Rue
Oneseed Bur Cucumber
Quackgrass
Silvery Cinquefoil
Southern Blue Flag
Vinca Periwinkle
Virginia bluebells
Western False Gromwell
Wild Licorice
Wild Yam
Yellow Sweetclover
absinthe wormwood
balsam fir
bird's-foot trefoil
bittersweet nightshade
bloodroot
blunt woodsia
butterfly milkweed
common milkweed
common ragweed
common reed
creeping thistle
cup plant
fireweed
golden Alexanders
great mullein
ground-ivy
guelder-rose
hoary alyssum
interrupted fern
marsh cinquefoil
meadow buttercup
northern maidenhair fern
orange hawkweed
oxeye daisy
prairie pasqueflower
prairie phlox
rock polypody
sensitive fern
slender stinging nettle
spreading dogbane
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley
tansy
viper's-bugloss
white campion
white clover
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