Visual Guide to
Common Ontario Wildflowers

Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Anemone acutiloba
—Native—
Early spring
10 - 25cm tall
Deciduous and mixed forests

Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
—Native—
Early Spring
15c - 25cm tall
Deciduous and mixed forests

Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
—Native—
Spring
25 - 35cm tall
Deciduous and mixed forests and forest edges

White Trillium
Trillium grandiflora
—Native—
Spring
15 - 25cm tall
Deciduous and mixed forests

False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
—Native—
Spring
10 - 30cm tall
Deciduous and mixed forests

Great Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum canaliculatum
—Native—
Spring to early summer
30 - 80cm tall
Deciduous and mixed forests

Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
—Native—
Spring
10 - 20cm tall
Moist deciduous and mixed forests

Squirrel Corn
Dicentra canadensis
—Native—
Spring
10 - 20cm tall
Moist deciduous and mixed forests

NoddingTrillium
Trillium cernuum
—Native—
Spring
15 - 25cm tall
Deciduous and mixed forests

Queen Anne's Lace or Wild Carrot
Daucus carota
—Non-Native—
Summer
30 - 100cm tall
Open dry fields

Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
—Native—
Summer
40 - 80cm tall
Open fields

Starflower
Lysimachia borealis
—Native—
Summer
up to 15cm tall
Coniferous and mixed forests

Ghost Plant or Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
—Native—
Late summer to early autumn
5 - 30cm
Deep coniferous and mixed forests

Bunchberry or Creeping Dogwood
Cornus canadensis
—Native—
Spring to summer
10 - 25cm tall
Coniferous forests

Eastern Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
—Native—Endangered—
Spring to early summer
Understory tree up to 10m tall
Moist deciduous forests

Red Trillium or Wake-robin
Trillium erectum
—Native—
Spring
10 - 25cm tall
Moist deciduous and mixed forests and woods

Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
—Native—
Late Spring to Early Summer
30cm - 2m tall
Wet forests, swamps and forest edges

Groundnut or Wild Potato
Apios americana
—Native, Uncommon—
Summer
Climbing vine 1 - 5m
Shaded, moist areas of SW Ontario

Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
—Native—
Berries in Autumn
(White flowers in spring)
15 - 45cm tall
Moist deciduous forests

Bunchberry or Creeping Dogwood
Cornus canadensis
—Native—
Berries in late summer and autumn
(White flowers in spring to summer)
10 - 25cm tall
Coniferous forests

True Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
—Native—
Berries in Autumn –White flowers in  late spring-early summer
15 - 25cm tall
Acidic bogs

Highbush Cranberry
Viburnum trilobuma
—Native—
Berries in Autumn –White flowers in  late spring-early summer
1 - 3m tall
Open fields and edges

Trout Lily or Dogtooth Violet
Erythronium americanum
—Native—
Early Spring
10 -20cm tall
Moist deciduous and mixed forests

Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus
—Native—
Summer
1 -1.5m tall
Tallgrass prairie and moist meadows

Gray-headed Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
—Native—
Summer
1 -1.5m tall
Tallgrass prairie and moist meadows

Tall Coreopsis or Tall Tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris
—Native—
Summer
1 -2m tall
Tallgrass prairie and moist meadows

Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
infected with phytoplasma bacteria making the petals green
—Native—Uncommon—
Spring
15 - 25cm tall
Deciduous and mixed forests

Round-lobed Hepatica
Hepatica americana
—Native —
Early spring
10 - 20cm tall
Deciduous and mixed forests

Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
—Native — Threatened –
Summer
50cm - 1.5m tall
Moist meadows and savannahs

Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
—Native — Threatened –
Summer
50cm - 1.5m tall
Moist meadows and savannahs

Groundnut or Wild Potato
Apios americana
—Native, Uncommon—
Summer
Climbing vine 1m to 5m
Shaded, moist areas of SW Ontario