Native range
Native plants of Indiana
174 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Indiana, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 152 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.
Showing 1 to 60 of 192 plants
How this list is made
Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Indiana is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 192 plants, 179 have been checked against outside sources (2 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Full sunZones 3–98.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageSugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Part sunZones 4–923 ftModerate
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
American Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
Part shadeZones 3–925 ftModerate
American Linden
Tilia americana
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Common Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate
FoliageMaidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Full sunZones 3–912 ftModerate
White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageWild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Part shadeZones 4–99.5 ftModerate
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
FoliageSensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Part shadeZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageChristmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate
FoliageRed Maple
Acer rubrum
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate
Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
Campsis radicans f. flava
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Full sunZones 4–940 ftModerate
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Part sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
FoliageHoneylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Recorded across Indiana
How many of the state's 92 counties record each wild species growing wild, from USDA PLANTS: a plant recorded in many counties is widespread in Indiana; one recorded in few may be local, or simply under-recorded. A county's absence is not evidence a plant is absent. 166 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- False Solomon's Seal
- American Elderberry
- Wild Geranium
- Woodland Phlox
- Buttonbush
- Great Blue Lobelia
- Sugar Maple
- Eastern Redbud
- Rosy Sedge
- American Hornbeam
- American Linden
- Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
- Common Black-Eyed Susan
- Creeping Jacob's Ladder
- False Sunflower
- Flowering Dogwood
- Maidenhair Fern
- Smooth Sumac
- White Oak
- Wild Bee Balm
- Mayapple
- Swamp Milkweed
- Wild Ginger
- Blue Wood Aster
- Bottlebrush Grass
- Spicebush
- Carolina Rose
- Sensitive Fern
- Smooth Solomon's Seal
- American Hazelnut
- Blackhaw
- Common Sneezeweed
- Virginia Creeper
- Christmas Fern
- Common Pawpaw
- American Hophornbeam
- Common Milkweed
- Common Hackberry
- Red Maple
- Tulip Tree
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Northern Red Oak
- Trumpet Vine
- Black Gum
- Cardinal Flower
- Butterfly Weed
- Gray's Sedge
- New England Aster
- Silver Maple
- Swamp White Oak
- Southern Blue Flag
- Mapleleaf Viburnum
- Bur Oak
- Sweet Joe Pye Weed
- White-Tinged Sedge
- American Alumroot
- Chinkapin Oak
- Pin Oak
- Roundleaf Ragwort
- Honeylocust
- Eastern Red Columbine
- Garden Phlox
- Purple Lovegrass
- Lady Fern
- New Jersey Tea
- Whorled Milkweed
- Golden Ragwort
- Golden Alexanders
- Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
- Zigzag Goldenrod
- Smooth Hydrangea
- Winterberry
- Switchgrass
- Common Witch Hazel
- Gray-Headed Coneflower
- Little Bluestem
- Culver's Root
- Pagoda Dogwood
- White Turtlehead
- Woodland Stonecrop
- Celandine Poppy
- Kentucky Coffeetree
- Shrubby St. John's Wort
- Eastern Red Cedar
- Brown-Eyed Susan
- Indiangrass
- Soft Rush
- Common Pussy Willow
- Royal Fern
- Foxglove Beardtongue
- Ninebark
- Quaking Aspen
- Virginia Bluebells
- Cinnamon Fern
- Blue Mistflower
- Chokecherry
- Black Chokeberry
- Nannyberry Viburnum
- Nodding Onion
- Spotted Joe Pye Weed
- Dense Blazing Star
- Hollow Joe Pye Weed
- Downy Serviceberry
- River Birch
- Sweetgum
- Pennsylvania Sedge
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
- Allegheny Serviceberry
- Common Persimmon
- Fragrant Sumac
- Hardy Hibiscus
- Rattlesnake Master
- Staghorn Sumac
- Brome-Like Sedge
- Northern Sea Oats
- Arrowwood
- Queen of the Prairie
- Redosier Dogwood
- Smooth Blue Aster
- Palm Sedge
- Leadplant
- Marginal Wood Fern
- Potentilla
- American Wintergreen
- Goatsbeard
- Black Cohosh
- Ostrich Fern
- Prairie Junegrass
- Purple Prairie Clover
- Seersucker Sedge
- Dwarf Crested Iris
- Sideoats Grama
- Eastern White Pine
- Purple Coneflower
- Eastern Hemlock
- Deam's Black-Eyed Susan
- Northern Bush Honeysuckle
- Crossvine
- Red Elderberry
- American Cranberrybush Viburnum
- Blue Indigo
- Bristleleaf Sedge
- Eastern Bluestar
- Prairie Blazing Star
- Prairie Dropseed Grass
- Silky Dogwood
- Kalm's St. John's Wort
- Long-Beaked Sedge
- Tufted Hairgrass
- Cucumbertree Magnolia
- Hay Scented Fern
- Possumhaw Holly
- Aromatic Aster
- Bald Cypress
- Pale Purple Coneflower
- Bunchberry
- Mountain Laurel
- Paper Birch
- Arborvitae
- Kinnikinnick
- Mexican Hat
- Virginia Sweetspire
- Swamp Sunflower
- Indian Pink
- Pink Muhly Grass
Garden forms of Indiana natives
152 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in Indiana and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.
- Abbotswood
- Alba Gayfeather
- Alma Pötschke
- Alpine Carpet Juniper
- Amazing Grace
- Amber Jubilee
- Amethyst Falls Wisteria
- Annabelle
- Appalachian Red
- Aquavita Juniper
- Arctic Fire Red Twig Dogwood
- Arctic Fire Yellow Dogwood
- Athena Gold False Sunflower
- Autumn Bride Coral Bells
- Autumn Colors
- Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
- Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush
- Berry Heavy
- Berry Poppins
- Blackhawks Big Bluestem
- Blackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan
- Blaze
- Blue Blaze Viburnum
- Blue Moon Woodland Phlox
- Blue Muffin Viburnum
- Blue Paradise
- Bridesmaid Mountain Laurel
- Bright Eyes
- Bronze Wave Coral Bells
- Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
- Bunny Blue Sedge
- Candy Stripe
- Caramel
- Carol Mountain Laurel
- Carousel Mountain Laurel
- Cheer Drops Arborvitae
- Cherokee Brave
- Cherokee Chief
- Cherokee Princess
- Cherry Berries Wintergreen
- Cherry Brandy
- Citronelle
- Claire Grace
- Cloud Nine
- Cobalt-n-Gold Hypericum
- Coconut Lime
- Columnar White Pine
- Coppertina
- Coral Flame
- Crimson Comet Buttonbush
- Crimson Trumpet
- Dakota Burgundy Beardtongue
- Danica
- David
- DeGroot's Spire
- Denver Daisy
- Deschampsia Goldtau Grass
- Diabolo
- DreamScape Hydrangea
- Dressed To Thrill Crossvine
- Drummond's Pink
- Dwarf White Pine
- Early Sunrise
- Elf Mountain Laurel
- Emerald Blue
- Emerald Green
- Emerald Pink
- Eye Candy Moss Phlox
- Eye Shadow Moss Phlox
- Falling Waters
- Fire Chief
- Fireworks Goldenrod
- Flame Thrower
- Forest Pansy
- Gentsch White
- Golden Globe
- Goldfinger
- Goldilocks
- Goldsturm
- Green Jewel
- Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac
- Happy Face Yellow
- Hearts of Gold
- Heavy Metal
- Henry's Garnet Sweetspire
- Holmstrup
- Incrediball Hydrangea
- Indian Summer
- Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea
- Jeana
- Jeddeloh Hemlock
- Laura
- Lavender Twist
- Lemony Lace Elderberry
- Little Devil
- Little Henry Sweetspire
- Luminary Ultraviolet
- Luna Pink Swirl
- Luna White
- Magnus
- Major Wheeler
- Mango Tango
- McKay's White
- New England Aster 'Barr's Pink'
- New England Aster 'Harrington's Pink'
- Nicky
- Northwind
- Nugget
- October Skies
- Orange Perfection
- Orange Whisper
- Peve Minaret
- Pink Beauty
- Pink Double Delight
- Pink Whisper
- PowWow Wild Berry
- Prairie Sun
- Purple Beauty
- Purple Dome
- Purple Phlox
- Raydon's Favorite
- Red Ace
- Red Sprite
- Red Wings
- Rheingold
- River Mist
- Robert Poore
- Royal White Redbud
- Ruby Falls
- Sarah Mountain Laurel
- Scarlet Flame
- Shawnee Brave
- Shenandoah
- Snow Flurry
- Starfire
- Sugar Shack Buttonbush
- Summer Wine
- Sunny Boulevard St. John's Wort
- Tangerine
- Techny
- The Rising Sun
- Tiger Eyes Sumac
- Tiny Wine
- Toto Gold
- Twilight Zone
- Weeping Hemlock
- Weeping White Pine
- White Delight
- White Flame
- White Swan
- Winter Gold
- Winter Red
Plant groups native to Indiana
18 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in Indiana; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the state.
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