Blue Florida Wildflowers

Blue Galleries - 1 2

The blue Florida wildflower galleries contain pictures and descriptions of native & exotic wildflowers in shades of blue and purple.

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Pictures - Pale Meadowbeauty plant, flower close-up.

Name - Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty (Rhexia mariana L.)

Family - Melastomataceae

Habitat - Savannahs, wet prairie, marshes, wet pinelands.

Description - Florida native wildflower, perennial forb/herb to 2 1/2 feet high. Leaves are sessile, elliptic with entire margins to 1 1/2 inches long.

Flowers - Range in color from pinkish to lavender or purple, occasionally white, 2 inches across, from spring through fall.

Picture - Sandhill Dayflower

Name - Sandhill Dayflower (Commelina erecta L.)

Family - Commelinaceae

Habitat - Found in a variety of habitats, from Xeric Sand Scrub to Wet Prairie.

Description - Native perennial, forb/herb to 12 inches tall. Named for the flower which lasts approximately 24 hours.

Flower - 1 inch wide with 2 larger blue petals, 1 small white petal below. Named for the flower which lasts approximately 24 hours.

Picture - Climbing Dayflower

Name - Climbing Dayflower (Commelina diffusa)

Family - Commelinaceae

Habitat - Found in a variety of habitats, from Xeric Sand Scrub to Wet Prairie

Description - Introduced perennial herb. Named for the flower which lasts approximately 24 hours.

Pictures - American beautyberry fruit, American Beautyberry flowers.

Name - American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana L.)

Family - Verbenaceae

Habitat - Common to woodlands and hammocks statewide.

Description - Native perennial shrub, 6 to 8 feet tall

Flower - Small lilac flowers in spring produce clusters of bright violet to purple 1/4 inch drupes.

Pictures - Crossleaf Milkwort flower, whole plant.

Name - Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort (Polygala cruciata L.)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Wet pinewoods, wet prarie, margins of freshwater marshes on sandy soils.

Description - Native. Annual, Forb/herb. 4 to 6 inches high. Whorled linear leaves in groups of four.

Flower - 1 1/2 inch cluster of purplish-rose and white to whitish-green flowers.

Picture - Blazing Star

Name - Blazing Star, Short-leaf Gayfeather (Liatris tenuifolia)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Pinelands, Sandhill. Dry to moderately moist sandy soils.

Description - Perennial. Forb/Herb.

Height- 3 - 6 feet.

Flower - Lavender bell shaped 1/4 inch flowers on long tufted spikes up to 30 inches in length.

Picture - Skyblue Lupine with inset of flowers.

Name - Sky-blue Lupine, Oakridge Lupine (Lupinus diffusus)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Sandhill, Pine Scrub, Oak Scrub

Description - Perennial, Subshrub, Forb/Herb, to 3 feet in height, erect to sprawling. Leaves oblong to elliptical, pubescent.

Flower - Clusters of whorled purplish-blue, 1/2 inch flowers produced on many long racemes.

Pictures - Narrowleaf Blue-eyed grass flower, whole plant.

Name - Narrowleaf Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

Family - Iridaceae

Habitat - River and creek banks, hammocks, bogs, other moist sites

Description - Perennial, clump forming grass like Forb/herb up to 24 inches in height

Flower - 3/4 inch, violet-blue with yellow center, tips of petals pointed

Picture - Indigo Bush with flower.

Name - Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa L)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Stream, creek and pond banks, wet flatwoods, floodplains of rivers, hydric hammocks

Description - Perennial, Deciduous shrub 3-10 feet high. Compound leaves, 4-8 inches long with 11 to 25 ovate to oblong leaflets, highly variable leaf shape.

Flower - Scented spike, 3 - 6 inches long, purplish-blue with orange antlers

Pictures - Florida Scrub Roseling, Close-up of flower.

Name - Florida Scrub Roseling (Callisia ornata Small)

Family - Commelinaceae

Habitat - Dry Scrub, Scrubby flatwoods

Description - Native, Endemic, Annual, Forb/Herb. Plant grows in grass-like tufts 1 foot or less in height.

Flower - 3/4 inch 3 lobed rising on branched stalks above plant.

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Blue Florida Wildflowers

Blue Galleries - 1 2

The blue Florida wildflower galleries contain pictures and descriptions of native & exotic wildflowers in shades of blue and purple.

Click pictures to see full sized images

Pictures - Pale Meadowbeauty plant, flower close-up.

Name - Pale Meadowbeauty, Maryland Meadowbeauty (Rhexia mariana L.)

Family - Melastomataceae

Habitat - Savannahs, wet prairie, marshes, wet pinelands.

Description - Florida native wildflower, perennial forb/herb to 2 1/2 feet high. Leaves are sessile, elliptic with entire margins to 1 1/2 inches long.

Flowers - Range in color from pinkish to lavender or purple, occasionally white, 2 inches across, from spring through fall.

Picture - Sandhill Dayflower

Name - Sandhill Dayflower (Commelina erecta L.)

Family - Commelinaceae

Habitat - Found in a variety of habitats, from Xeric Sand Scrub to Wet Prairie.

Description - Native perennial, forb/herb to 12 inches tall. Named for the flower which lasts approximately 24 hours.

Flower - 1 inch wide with 2 larger blue petals, 1 small white petal below. Named for the flower which lasts approximately 24 hours.

Picture - Climbing Dayflower

Name - Climbing Dayflower (Commelina diffusa)

Family - Commelinaceae

Habitat - Found in a variety of habitats, from Xeric Sand Scrub to Wet Prairie

Description - Introduced perennial herb. Named for the flower which lasts approximately 24 hours.

Pictures - American beautyberry fruit, American Beautyberry flowers.

Name - American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana L.)

Family - Verbenaceae

Habitat - Common to woodlands and hammocks statewide.

Description - Native perennial shrub, 6 to 8 feet tall

Flower - Small lilac flowers in spring produce clusters of bright violet to purple 1/4 inch drupes.

Pictures - Crossleaf Milkwort flower, whole plant.

Name - Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort (Polygala cruciata L.)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Wet pinewoods, wet prarie, margins of freshwater marshes on sandy soils.

Description - Native. Annual, Forb/herb. 4 to 6 inches high. Whorled linear leaves in groups of four.

Flower - 1 1/2 inch cluster of purplish-rose and white to whitish-green flowers.

Picture - Blazing Star

Name - Blazing Star, Short-leaf Gayfeather (Liatris tenuifolia)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Pinelands, Sandhill. Dry to moderately moist sandy soils.

Description - Perennial. Forb/Herb.

Height- 3 - 6 feet.

Flower - Lavender bell shaped 1/4 inch flowers on long tufted spikes up to 30 inches in length.

Picture - Skyblue Lupine with inset of flowers.

Name - Sky-blue Lupine, Oakridge Lupine (Lupinus diffusus)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Sandhill, Pine Scrub, Oak Scrub

Description - Perennial, Subshrub, Forb/Herb, to 3 feet in height, erect to sprawling. Leaves oblong to elliptical, pubescent.

Flower - Clusters of whorled purplish-blue, 1/2 inch flowers produced on many long racemes.

Pictures - Narrowleaf Blue-eyed grass flower, whole plant.

Name - Narrowleaf Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

Family - Iridaceae

Habitat - River and creek banks, hammocks, bogs, other moist sites

Description - Perennial, clump forming grass like Forb/herb up to 24 inches in height

Flower - 3/4 inch, violet-blue with yellow center, tips of petals pointed

Picture - Indigo Bush with flower.

Name - Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa L)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Stream, creek and pond banks, wet flatwoods, floodplains of rivers, hydric hammocks

Description - Perennial, Deciduous shrub 3-10 feet high. Compound leaves, 4-8 inches long with 11 to 25 ovate to oblong leaflets, highly variable leaf shape.

Flower - Scented spike, 3 - 6 inches long, purplish-blue with orange antlers

Pictures - Florida Scrub Roseling, Close-up of flower.

Name - Florida Scrub Roseling (Callisia ornata Small)

Family - Commelinaceae

Habitat - Dry Scrub, Scrubby flatwoods

Description - Native, Endemic, Annual, Forb/Herb. Plant grows in grass-like tufts 1 foot or less in height.

Flower - 3/4 inch 3 lobed rising on branched stalks above plant.

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