Red Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 3 - Red Galleries 1 2 3

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Pictures - Saltmarsh Mallow flower, plant

Name - Salt Marsh Mallow, Virginia 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 small shrub with hairy stems, 5 to 6 feet tall. Leaves are cordate to lanceolate, hairy with toothed margins.

Flower - Pink hibiscus type flower, just under 3 inches across with 5 petals surrounding a tube consisting of the fused stamens and style.

Picture - Lindenleaf Rosemallow with flower.

Name - 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 shrub, 6 to 8 feet tall

Flower - Pale pink, pale purple with red to purple center, 6 inches wide.

Pictures - Procession Flower- flowers, stem.

Name - Procession flower

(Polygala incarnata L.)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Dry Prairie, Flatwoods

Description - Native annual herbaceous wildflower found on sandy xeric soils. 8-24 inches tall, leaves are alternate, linear.

Flower - Dense clusters purplish-pink flowers on a tall un-branched inflorescence.

Picture - Climbing Aster on Sabal palm trunk

Name - Climbing Aster

(Ampelaster carolinianus)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Margins of swamps, marshes, freshwater creek and stream banks, open flatwoods.

Description - Native, Perennial shrub/vine.

Height - Variable, generally 6-12 feet.

Flower - 1 1/2 inch diameter, pink to lavender, with a yellow or reddish-yellow center.

Pictures - Florida Paintbrush flowers, basal leaves and stem.

Name - Coastalplain Chaffhead, Florida Paintbrush

(Carphephorus corymbosus)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Sandhill, moist to wet flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods.

Description - Florida native perennial herbaceous wildflower to 3 feet when flowering, basal rosette of spatulate leaves 1 to 3 inches tall.

Flower - Purplish-pink on a tall densely pubescent corymb with sessile leaves.

Pictures - Paintedleaf

Name - Paintedleaf, Fire-on-the-mountain

(Poinsettia cyathophora)

Family - Euphorbiaceae

Habitat - Hammocks, Pinelands.

Description - Native annual or perennial, forb/herb to 30 inches tall. Hollow stems and the leaves exude white milky sap when broken or torn.

Pictures - Feay's Prairieclover whole plant, Feay's Prairieclover flower

Name - Feay's Prairieclover, Prairieclover

(Dalea feayi)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods

Description - Native Florida herbaceous wildflower, perennial, height 18-24 inches, leaves are linear, opposite. Globose spikes of numerous small pink flowers.

Pictures - African Rosemallow plant, African Rosemallow flower

Name - African Rosemallow

(Hibiscus acetosella)

Family - Malvaceae

Habitat - Ruderal, Wet Flatwoods

Description - Introduced annual or perennial shrub 2 - 5 feet tall, deep red-crimson leaves are alternate, 3 lobed deeply cut with serrate margins on long petioles. Flowers are pink to deep red, 3 - 5 inches across.

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Red Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 3 - Red Galleries 1 2 3

Click pictures to see full sized image

Pictures - Saltmarsh Mallow flower, plant

Name - Salt Marsh Mallow, Virginia 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 small shrub with hairy stems, 5 to 6 feet tall. Leaves are cordate to lanceolate, hairy with toothed margins.

Flower - Pink hibiscus type flower, just under 3 inches across with 5 petals surrounding a tube consisting of the fused stamens and style.

Picture - Lindenleaf Rosemallow with flower.

Name - 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 shrub, 6 to 8 feet tall

Flower - Pale pink, pale purple with red to purple center, 6 inches wide.

Pictures - Procession Flower- flowers, stem.

Name - Procession flower

(Polygala incarnata L.)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Dry Prairie, Flatwoods

Description - Native annual herbaceous wildflower found on sandy xeric soils. 8-24 inches tall, leaves are alternate, linear.

Flower - Dense clusters purplish-pink flowers on a tall un-branched inflorescence.

Picture - Climbing Aster on Sabal palm trunk

Name - Climbing Aster

(Ampelaster carolinianus)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Margins of swamps, marshes, freshwater creek and stream banks, open flatwoods.

Description - Native, Perennial shrub/vine.

Height - Variable, generally 6-12 feet.

Flower - 1 1/2 inch diameter, pink to lavender, with a yellow or reddish-yellow center.

Pictures - Florida Paintbrush flowers, basal leaves and stem.

Name - Coastalplain Chaffhead, Florida Paintbrush

(Carphephorus corymbosus)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Sandhill, moist to wet flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods.

Description - Florida native perennial herbaceous wildflower to 3 feet when flowering, basal rosette of spatulate leaves 1 to 3 inches tall.

Flower - Purplish-pink on a tall densely pubescent corymb with sessile leaves.

Pictures - Paintedleaf

Name - Paintedleaf, Fire-on-the-mountain

(Poinsettia cyathophora)

Family - Euphorbiaceae

Habitat - Hammocks, Pinelands.

Description - Native annual or perennial, forb/herb to 30 inches tall. Hollow stems and the leaves exude white milky sap when broken or torn.

Pictures - Feay's Prairieclover whole plant, Feay's Prairieclover flower

Name - Feay's Prairieclover, Prairieclover

(Dalea feayi)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods

Description - Native Florida herbaceous wildflower, perennial, height 18-24 inches, leaves are linear, opposite. Globose spikes of numerous small pink flowers.

Pictures - African Rosemallow plant, African Rosemallow flower

Name - African Rosemallow

(Hibiscus acetosella)

Family - Malvaceae

Habitat - Ruderal, Wet Flatwoods

Description - Introduced annual or perennial shrub 2 - 5 feet tall, deep red-crimson leaves are alternate, 3 lobed deeply cut with serrate margins on long petioles. Flowers are pink to deep red, 3 - 5 inches across.

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