meganariley/inat-wildflowers-25

🌸 iNaturalist North American Wildflowers — 25 Species

A curated image classification dataset of 25 visually distinct North American wildflower species, built from research-grade iNaturalist observations.

Dataset Summary

• Total images: 10,000 (400 per species)
• Splits: train (8,000) / validation (1,000) / test (1,000)
• Split ratio: 80 / 10 / 10
• Image size: 256×256 JPEG
• Source: iNaturalist open data (research-grade observations only)

Species

#	Label	Common Name	Scientific Name
0	blazing_star	Blazing Star	Liatris spicata
1	blue_flag_iris	Blue Flag Iris	Iris versicolor
2	california_poppy	California Poppy	Eschscholzia californica
3	canada_goldenrod	Canada Goldenrod	Solidago canadensis
4	cardinal_flower	Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis
5	colorado_columbine	Colorado Columbine	Aquilegia caerulea
6	common_milkweed	Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca
7	common_yarrow	Common Yarrow	Achillea millefolium
8	dutchmans_breeches	Dutchman's Breeches	Dicentra cucullaria
9	fireweed	Fireweed	Chamaenerion angustifolium
10	indian_blanket	Indian Blanket	Gaillardia pulchella
11	indian_paintbrush	Indian Paintbrush	Castilleja miniata
12	jack_in_the_pulpit	Jack-in-the-Pulpit	Arisaema triphyllum
13	joe_pye_weed	Joe-Pye Weed	Eutrochium purpureum
14	marsh_marigold	Marsh Marigold	Caltha palustris
15	ox_eye_daisy	Ox-eye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare
16	queen_annes_lace	Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota
17	spring_beauty	Spring Beauty	Claytonia virginica
18	trout_lily	Trout Lily	Erythronium americanum
19	virginia_bluebells	Virginia Bluebells	Mertensia virginica
20	white_trillium	White Trillium	Trillium grandiflorum
21	wild_bergamot	Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa
22	wild_columbine	Wild Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis
23	wild_lupine	Wild Lupine	Lupinus perennis
24	wild_rose	Wild Rose	Rosa spp.

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("meganariley/inat-wildflowers-25")
print(dataset["train"][0])  # {'image': <PIL.Image>, 'label': 0}

License

Images sourced from iNaturalist under CC BY-NC 4.0.