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Flowers Guide
Flowers Guide for North Carolina
Mountains, forests, wetlands, and Outer Banks
Flower highlights, bloom-focused sightings, and the best places to look for flowers in North Carolina. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
164
Species
105
Active Months
10
Category Overview
Flowers across North Carolina
This guide focuses on flowers within North Carolina'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 North Carolina
A recent look at flower sightings across North Carolina.
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Sightings Map
See where flower sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where flower sightings cluster across North Carolina.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 flowers to look for in North Carolina
These flowers are snapped the most across this region.
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dwarf crested iris
5 snaps
American pokeweed
4 snaps
Christmas fern
4 snaps
Ghost Pipe
4 snaps
Mountain Laurel
4 snaps
Places to Start
Best places for flowers in North Carolina
These place guides connect well with the flowers covered in this region.
Park30 sightings12 species
North Carolina, US
Andrews Geyser
You might spot Galax, Mountain Laurel, and Downy Rattlesnake Plantain.
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Park24 sightings12 species
North Carolina, US
Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest
You might spot Virginia Heartleaf, Dwarf Crested Iris, and Galax.
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Park30 sightings12 species
North Carolina, US
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
You might spot Lesser Celandine, Bloodroot, and Little Sweet Betsy.
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Park30 sightings12 species
North Carolina, US
Central Shelby Historic District
You might spot Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, and Tufted Titmouse.
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Park30 sightings12 species
North Carolina, US
Santeetlah Dam
You might spot Pipevine Swallowtail, Little Sweet Betsy, and Black Bear.
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Park30 sightings12 species
North Carolina, US
DuPont State Forest
You might spot Striped Wintergreen, Pink Lady's Slipper, and Galax.
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Full Guide
Full North Carolina flowers list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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dwarf crested iris
American pokeweed
Christmas fern
Ghost Pipe
Mountain Laurel
bloodroot
Cranesbill
Spring Starflower
Trumpet Vine
eastern hemlock
eastern poison ivy
fire pink
lyreleaf sage
musk thistle
partridgeberry
sassafras
Ajuga
Asiatic dayflower
Carolina Ruellia
Carolina sweetshrub
Flowering Dogwood
Gaillardia
Goatsbeard
Pinkladies
bristle thistle
common bracken
downy rattlesnake plantain
henbit deadnettle
marginal wood fern
mayapple
pennywort
pink lady's slipper
pink-sorrel
rue anemone
sensitive fern
strawberry bush
striped maple
striped wintergreen
American black elderberry
American burnweed
American cancer-root
American hazelnut
Amur honeysuckle
Bee Balm
Blackhaw
Carolina Bristlemallow
Carolina horsenettle
Chinese quince
Common Purslane
Common Vetch
Coreopsis
Crape-myrtle
Dark Mullein
Heavenly bamboo
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Japanese Painted Fern
Japanese honeysuckle
Kudzu
New York fern
Passion Flower
Philadelphia fleabane
Spoonleaf Sundew
Sweet Pepperbush
Switch Cane
Vinca Periwinkle
Virginia creeper
Virginia strawberry
White Wood Aster
Wild Yam
Winter Honeysuckle
Yaupon Holly
azure bluet
box elder
buttonbush
clasping Venus's looking glass
common columbine
common groundsel
common milkweed
common ninebark
ebony spleenwort
false indigo bush
ground-ivy
hemp dogbane
leatherleaf mahonia
lizard's tail
mock strawberry
mountain woodsorrel
netted chain fern
northern maidenhair fern
poison hemlock
purple crownvetch
purple foxglove
rabbitfoot clover
red deadnettle
red trillium
ribwort plantain
scarlet oak
sea ox-eye
smooth Solomon's seal
spotted horsemint
spring vetch
tree-of-heaven
umbrella magnolia
wild comfrey
willow oak
Other Guides
Keep exploring North Carolina
Switch from flowers to birds and bugs for a broader view of North Carolina's wildlife and nature.
