Red Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 2 - Red Galleries 1 2 3

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Pictures - Pink Purselane leaf, Pink Purselane flower

Name - Pink Purselane, Kiss-Me-Quick

(Portulaca pilosa L.)

Family - Portulacaceae

Habitat - Open areas of flatwoods, disturbed sites.

Description - Native wildflower. Annual or Perennial, Forb, Herb, 1 to 4 inches in height.

Flower - Pink to purplish 5/8 inch across.

Picture - Tarflower flower

Name - Tarflower, Flycatcher

(Bejaria racemosa)

Family - Ericaceae

Habitat - Flatwoods, scrub, pinelands

Description - Native perennial shrub, 4 to 8 feet tall

Flower - Fragrant, white to light pink and sticky to trap insects.

Picture - Dwarf Sundew

Name - 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.

Picture - Pink Sundew in bloom

Name - 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.

Picture - Largeflower Jointweed flowers

Name - Largeflower Jointweed, Sandhill Wireweed

(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.

Picture - Powderpuff, flower and leaf.

Name - Powderpuff, Herbaceous Mimosa

(Mimosa strigillosa Torr. & Gray)

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 pinnately compound, sensitive to touch, folding closed when touched.

Flower - Rose-mauve, pink, 1 inch on 2-3 inch stalk.

Picture - Nuttall's Meadowbeauty, flower and leaf.

Name - Nuttall's Meadowbeauty

(Rhexia nuttallii)

Family - Melastomatacae

Habitat - Marsh, Mesic and wet flatwoods

Description - FACW/ Native herbaceous perennial, 4-8 inches tall. Leaves opposite, ovate.

Flower - Pinkish-purple, 4 petals, 1 inch across.

Picture - Nuttall's Thistle flower and buds.

Name - Nuttall's Thistle

(Cirsium nuttallii)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Wet Flatwoods, Prairie

Description - Perennial, Forb/herb, 5 feet or more in height, single un-branched stem from a flat, basal rosette. Stem and basal leaves spiny, stem leaf petioles winged, clasping

Flower - Flower heads pink, purplish pink to about 3 inches across at top of stalk.

Picture - Mexican Clover and flowers.

Name - Largeflower Mexican Clover, Large-flowered Pusley

(Richardia grandiflora)

Family - Rubiaceae

Habitat - Disturbed areas, roadsides

Description - Not Native, Introduced from S. America, height 4-6 inches, forms dense mats, common lawn weed in S. Florida.

Flower - Small, white to pinkish-lavender color.

Pictures - Brazilian Vervain flowers, stem and leaf.

Name - Brazilian Vervain

(Verbena brasiliensis Vell.)

Family - Verbenaceae

Habitat - Wet Prairie, Ruderal on moist or wet soils

Description - Not native, an introduced scabrous perennial with angled branching stems to 6 feet or slightly more in height. Leaves are opposite, elliptic to obovate with fine to coarsely serrate margins.

Flower - Numerous small pink to lavender on 2 inch long heads.

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Red Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 2 - Red Galleries 1 2 3

Click pictures to see full sized image

Pictures - Pink Purselane leaf, Pink Purselane flower

Name - Pink Purselane, Kiss-Me-Quick

(Portulaca pilosa L.)

Family - Portulacaceae

Habitat - Open areas of flatwoods, disturbed sites.

Description - Native wildflower. Annual or Perennial, Forb, Herb, 1 to 4 inches in height.

Flower - Pink to purplish 5/8 inch across.

Picture - Tarflower flower

Name - Tarflower, Flycatcher

(Bejaria racemosa)

Family - Ericaceae

Habitat - Flatwoods, scrub, pinelands

Description - Native perennial shrub, 4 to 8 feet tall

Flower - Fragrant, white to light pink and sticky to trap insects.

Picture - Dwarf Sundew

Name - 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.

Picture - Pink Sundew in bloom

Name - 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.

Picture - Largeflower Jointweed flowers

Name - Largeflower Jointweed, Sandhill Wireweed

(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.

Picture - Powderpuff, flower and leaf.

Name - Powderpuff, Herbaceous Mimosa

(Mimosa strigillosa Torr. & Gray)

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 pinnately compound, sensitive to touch, folding closed when touched.

Flower - Rose-mauve, pink, 1 inch on 2-3 inch stalk.

Picture - Nuttall's Meadowbeauty, flower and leaf.

Name - Nuttall's Meadowbeauty

(Rhexia nuttallii)

Family - Melastomatacae

Habitat - Marsh, Mesic and wet flatwoods

Description - FACW/ Native herbaceous perennial, 4-8 inches tall. Leaves opposite, ovate.

Flower - Pinkish-purple, 4 petals, 1 inch across.

Picture - Nuttall's Thistle flower and buds.

Name - Nuttall's Thistle

(Cirsium nuttallii)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Wet Flatwoods, Prairie

Description - Perennial, Forb/herb, 5 feet or more in height, single un-branched stem from a flat, basal rosette. Stem and basal leaves spiny, stem leaf petioles winged, clasping

Flower - Flower heads pink, purplish pink to about 3 inches across at top of stalk.

Picture - Mexican Clover and flowers.

Name - Largeflower Mexican Clover, Large-flowered Pusley

(Richardia grandiflora)

Family - Rubiaceae

Habitat - Disturbed areas, roadsides

Description - Not Native, Introduced from S. America, height 4-6 inches, forms dense mats, common lawn weed in S. Florida.

Flower - Small, white to pinkish-lavender color.

Pictures - Brazilian Vervain flowers, stem and leaf.

Name - Brazilian Vervain

(Verbena brasiliensis Vell.)

Family - Verbenaceae

Habitat - Wet Prairie, Ruderal on moist or wet soils

Description - Not native, an introduced scabrous perennial with angled branching stems to 6 feet or slightly more in height. Leaves are opposite, elliptic to obovate with fine to coarsely serrate margins.

Flower - Numerous small pink to lavender on 2 inch long heads.

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