Project BudBurst has identified 31 wildflowers and herbs that are easy to identify and widespread across the continental United States.
Click on the plant names below for a printable Identification Guide and Phenophase Field Guide that include pictures, identifying characteristics, and plant specific phenophase descriptions.
 | Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) |  | American pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens aka Anemone patens) |  | Bigleaf lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) |  | Bitter root (Lewisia rediviva) |  | California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) |  | Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) |  | Colorado blue columbine (Aquilegia caerulea) |  | Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) |  | Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) |  | Darkthroat shootingstar (Dodecatheon pulchellum) |  | Dogtooth violet (Erythronium americanum) |  | Field mustard (Brassica rapa) |  | Henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule) |  | Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica) |  | Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) |  | Lanceleaf springbeauty (Claytonia lanceolata) |  | Large flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) |  | Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) |  | Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum) |  | Pinkladies (Oenothera speciosa) |  | Purple passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) |  | Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) |  | Scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) |  | Silverleaf phacelia (Phacelia hastata) |  | Soft green eyes (Berlandiera pumila) |  | Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) |  | Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) |  | Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) |  | Western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) |  | White clover (Trifolium repens) |  | Wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) |
