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	Wild Florida Plants Plants with red flowers 1 2 Plants on this page - Brazilian Vervain Lindenleaf Rosemallow Salt Marsh Mallow Orange Milkwort Dwarf Sundew Pink Sundew Largeflower Jointweed Herbaceous Mimosa Paintedleaf Lion's Ear Brazilian Vervain - Verbena brasiliensis Family - Verbenaceae Habitat - Wet Prairie, Ruderal on moist or wet soils Description - Not native, an introduced herbaceous annual with angled branching stems to 6 feet or slightly more in height. Leaves are opposite, elliptic to obovate with fine to coarsely serrate margins. Brazilian Vervain produces umerous small pink to lavender on 2 inch long heads. Lindenleaf Rosemallow - Hibiscus furcellatus Family - Malvaceae Habitat - Commonly found at edges of wet prairies and freshwater marshes, swamps and other moderately moist sites. Description - Native, perennial, may grow as a shrub or herbaceous plant, 6 to 8 feet tall. Flower - Pale pink, pale purple with red to purple center, 6 inches wide. Salt Marsh Mallow - Kosteletzkya virginica Family - Malvaceae Habitat - Fresh and salt marshes, low lying moist woodlands primarily in coastal areas. Description - Native perennial, may grow as a herbaceous plant or as a small shrub 5 to 6 feet tall. Leaves are cordate to lanceolate with toothed margins, stems and leaves are hairy. Flower - Pink hibiscus type flower, just under 3 inches across with 5 petals surrounding a tube consisting of the fused stamens and style. Orange Milkwort, Candy Weed - Polygala lutea Family - Polygalaceae Habitat - Moist sandy soils in pinelands, wet prairie. Numerous tiny orange flowers in dense clusters, 3/4 inch diameter and 1 to 2 inches long. Description - Biennial, Forb/herb. 6 to 12 inches high. Dwarf Sundew - Drosera brevifolia Family - Droseraceae Habitat - Small carnivorous plant found in wetlands, generally in moist sandy soils at margins of marshes, swamps, wet prairies and pineland depressions. Description - Native perennial, forb/herb. Carnivorous plant, 3-4 inches tall. Flower - White to pink, rising above plant on stalks. Pink Sundew - Drosera capillaris Family - Droseraceae Habitat - Wetlands, moist sandy soils at margins of marshes, swamps, wet prairies and pineland depressions Description - Native perennial, forb/herb. Carnivorous plant, Leaf hairs produce a sticky liquid from glands to trap small insects which the plant digests to supplement the nutrient poor soils in which it grows. Flower - White to pink, rising on stalks up to 1 foot in height. Largeflower Jointweed - Polygonella robusta Family - Polygonaceae Habitat - Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods, moderately moist to dry, well drained sandy soils Description - Perennial sub-shrub, Forb, herb, 3 to 4 feet in height. Generally taller than broad, stem leaf elliptic, basal leaf ovate-lanceolate. Flower - 17 to 30 white to pale pink tubular disk flowers on a branched inflorescence. Powderpuff, Herbaceous Mimosa - Mimosa strigillosa Family - Fabaceae Habitat - Dry to moist open areas in sandy soils, statewide. Description - Native. Perennial, Sub-shrub, Forb, herb. Forms dense mats. 2-10 inches high, flowers with stalk to about 3 inches. Leaves are pinnately compound, sensitive to touch, folding closed when touched. Flower - Rose-mauve, pink, 1 inch in diameter on 2-3 inch long stalk. Paintedleaf, Fire-on-the-mountain - Poinsettia cyathophora Family - Euphorbiaceae Habitat - Hammocks, Pinelands. Description - Native annual or perennial herb to 30 inches tall. Hollow stems and the leaves exude white milky sap when broken or torn. Lion's Ear, Christmas candlestick - Leonotis nepetifolia Family - Lamiaceae Habitat - Ruderal Description - Introduced annual, native to Africa. Lion's ear is very attractive to bees, butterflies and hummingbirds which dine on nectar from the tubular, 1 inch orange flowers. Growing to about eight feet tall this erect herb has square stems and aromatic leaves typical of members of the mint family. Florida tasselflower - Emilia fosbergii Family - Asteraceae Habitat - Flatwoods, ruderal areas in south and central Florida. Description - Not native, introduced plant with red urn shaped flowers less than an inch long, a common yard weed that grows to about 20 inches high. Red Flower Galleries 1 2
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