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Flowers Guide
Flowers Guide for South Dakota
Prairies, badlands, hills, and iconic wildlife
Flower highlights, bloom-focused sightings, and the best places to look for flowers in South Dakota. Use the highlight list to start quickly, then work through the full guide for a broader local view.
Sightings
50
Species
36
Active Months
12
Category Overview
Flowers across South Dakota
This guide focuses on flowers within South Dakota'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 South Dakota
A recent look at flower sightings across South Dakota.
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Jan 16, 2026
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License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
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Jan 16, 2026
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Photo attribution
(c) Jane Weeden, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
Jan 16, 2026
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Photo attribution
(c) Jane Weeden, some rights reserved (CC BY)
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Image may be shown cropped inside the card frame.
Sightings Map
See where flower sightings cluster
Start wide, then zoom in to see where flower sightings cluster across South Dakota.
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Top Highlights
Top 5 flowers to look for in South Dakota
These flowers are snapped the most across this region.
Places to Start
Best places for flowers in South Dakota
These place guides connect well with the flowers covered in this region.
Zoo30 sightings12 species
South Dakota, US
Reptile Gardens
You might spot Black-Billed Magpie, European Mantis, and Elk.
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Park30 sightings12 species
South Dakota, US
D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery
You might spot Wood Duck, Tansy, and Mountain Goat.
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Park31 sightings5 species
South Dakota, US
Dinosaur Park
You might spot Scarlet Globemallow, Leadplant, and Yellow Salsify.
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Park30 sightings12 species
South Dakota, US
Falls Park
You might spot Duck, Canada Goose, and Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel.
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Park30 sightings12 species
Iowa, US
Gitchie Manitou State Preserve
You might spot Plain Pocketbook, Fatmucket, and Wabash Pigtoe.
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Zoo30 sightings12 species
South Dakota, US
Great Plains Zoo
You might spot Duck, Canada Goose, and Eastern Fox Squirrel.
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Full Guide
Full South Dakota flowers list
The complete ranked list for this guide, ordered by sightings count.
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Goatsbeard
Black Medick
Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine
chokecherry
Eastern Cottonwood
dame's rocket
Blue Spruce
Blue Vervain
Brittle Pricklypear
Common Lambsquarters
Curlycup Gumweed
Elegant Goldenrod
Red Osier Dogwood
Reed Canary Grass
Silver Wormwood
Smooth Brome
Switchgrass
Virginia creeper
Virginia waterleaf
Wild Licorice
Yellow Iris
bittersweet nightshade
common motherwort
common toadflax
creeping mahonia
dark-throated shooting star
field bindweed
fringed sagebrush
garlic mustard
henbit deadnettle
narrow-leaved purple coneflower
prairie pasqueflower
red-berried elder
wavyleaf thistle
white clover
woodland pinedrops
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