Plants of Florida - Yellow Flower Gallery 3


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	On this page - Largeflower Primrose-Willow, Seaside Primrosewillow, Coastalplain Goldenaster, Chapmans Goldenrod, Golden-club, Canna, Florida False Sunflower, Hooded Pitcherplant Click an image to open a larger version Largeflower Primrose-Willow, Ludwigia grandiflora Family - Onagraceae Habitat - Marshes, Swamps, Lake & Pond margins Description - Introduced emergent/aquatic herbaceous perennial from South America. May grow as floating mats or upright to over 6 feet tall. Can be invasive. Stems and leaves sometimes have short hairs. Flower is showy, yellow - 2 inches wide with 5, or occasionally 4 petals. Generally referred to as a weed. Seaside Primrose-Willow, Ludwigia maritima Family - Onagraceae Habitat - Wet Flatwoods, Marshes, Swamps, Banks of streams, ponds, disturbed areas on wet/moist soils. Description - One of 30 species of the genus Ludwigia in Florida, this native herbaceous plant grows to about 3 feet tall & can be found throughout the state. Flower - Yellow, with 4 petals & a little over an inch across, produced from spring through fall. Coastal-plain Goldenaster - Chrysopsis scabrella Family - Asteraceae Habitat - Sand Pine Scrub, Rosemary Scrub, Oak Scrub typically on dry sandy soils. Description - Native annual herbaceous wildflower to 18 inches high, basal rosette of obovate to spatulate, rough textured leaves. Stems leaves are sessile and lanceolate. Flower - Yellow disk flower. Chapman's Goldenrod - Solidago odora Aiton var. chapmanii Family - Asteraceae Habitat - Pinelands, Sandhill, Scrub, in open areas on well drained sandy soils. Description - Native, perennial herbaceous wildflower to 3 feet tall. Leaves elliptic, acute apices, short petioles, margins entire, may be undulate. Flower - Numerous yellow flowers on spikes. Golden-club, Neverwet - Orontium aquaticum Family - Araceae Habitat - Shallow water and margins of bogs, marshes, swamps, and streams. Description - Native Florida herbaceous perennial, the broad blue-green glaucous leaves arising from a thick rhizome (rootstock), 12 - 18 inches high, grows in sun to medium shade and may be immersed or in perpetually wet soils. Flowers are on stalks growing separately from leaves in spring followed by blue-green berries. Canna, Bandana of the Everglades - Canna flaccida Family - Cannaceae Habitat - Open areas of marshes, margins of swamps and lakes, seasonally flooded Pine Flatwoods. Description - Florida Native perennial herbaceous plant, leaves are glaucous, elliptic to lanceolate and 19 - 20 inches tall. Raceme inflorescence bearing 2 -3 inch long showy yellow flowers in summer. Florida False Sunflower - Phoebanthus grandiflorus Family - Asteraceae Habitat - Sandhill, Dry pine flatwoods Description - Herbaceous perennial wildflower to 3 feet +/- , endemic, frequent in central Florida - rarely found in South Florida. Sparsely branched stems, leaves are linear to lanceolate, mainly alternate but occasionally appear as approximately opposite. Blooms March through November. Hooded Pitcher plant - Sarracenia minor Family - Sarraceniaceae Habitat - Wet flatwoods, Bogs, Marshes Description - This native Pitcher plant, listed as threatened in Florida, is the southern most member of the species. Growing to 24 inches tall it produces stalked, 3 inch yellow flowers with five drooping petals arranged in an umbrella-like fashion in springtime. The tubular leaves trap ants & other insects where they are digested to supply nutrients to the plant. Common Sowthistle - Sonchus oleraceus L. Family - Asteraceae Habitat - Ruderal, Flatwoods Description - Introduced herbaceous annual, basal rosette of leaves followed by stem leaves that are variable in shape and margin type, characterized by prickles at margins. Yellow flowers are produced year round in Florida. Yellow Wildflowers - 1 2 3
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