White Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 1 - White Galleries 1 2 3

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Picture - Pineland Daisy with inset of flower

Name - Pineland Daisy, Wooly Sunbonnets

(Chaptalia tomentosa)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Wet Pinewoods

Description - Florida native wildflower, perennial, herbaceous plant 12-18 inches tall when flowering. Basal rosette of elliptic to obovate leaves with entire, sometimes undulate margins.

Flower - 1 1/4 inches wide with numerous white rays, backs or undersides of flower are tinged pink.

Picture - String Lily

Name - Swamp Lily, Seven Sisters, String Lily

(Crinum americanum)

Family - Liliaceae

Habitat - Streams, creeks and marshes.

Description - Native perennial, herbaceous emersed plant with spreading, leathery, linear leaves to 4 feet long, frequently with a purple or reddish tint.

Flower - Clusters of 6 petal, tubular, white or white/pink fragrant flowers are produced on a separate cylindrical succulent stalk throughout the year.

Picture - Clustered Bushmint

Name - Musky mint, Clustered bushmint

(Hyptis alata)

Family - Lamiacaea

Habitat - Wet pinelands, wet prairie.

Description - Native perennial, Forb 3 to 4 feet high.

Flower - White, arranged in dense clustered heads 1 1/4 inches across.

Picture - Spanish Needles

Name - Sheppard's Needles, Spanish Needles

(Bidens alba)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Very common to pinelands, scrub, dry prairie, costal strand, road sides.

Description - Native. Annual, Perennial, Forb, Herb. 1 to 3 feet in height, sometimes taller.

Flower - White, 1 inch in diameter, yellow central disk.

Picture - Blackroot Plant and flower.

Name - Blackroot

(Pterocaulon pycnostachyum)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Dry open Pinelands, Sandhill

Description - Native, perennial forb, herb, 1-2 feet in height, often solitary or in scattered, small populations. Silvery pubescent stem, slender, linear green leaf with white mid-vein.

Flower - White, showy compact spike of rayless flower heads, often tinged pinkish-purple at tip.

Pictures - Alligator Weed plant, Flower close-up.

Name - Alligator weed

(Alternanthera philoxeroides)

Family - Amaranthaceae

Habitat - Usually grows as an immersed plant along edges of freshwater creeks, ponds and wetlands where it may form dense mats. Occasionally found on dry land.

Description - Introduced perennial herb to about 3 feet tall with a rank habit of growth, erect, trailing or spreading form.

Flower - White with a papery appearance, produced on stalks.

Picture - Southern Dewberry plant and flower.

Name - Southern Dewberry

(Rubus trivialis)

Family - Rosaceae

Habitat - Open dry to moist flatwoods, roadsides, thickets, disturbed areas

Description - Perennial, Subshrub, Vine. Stems of variable length, sprawling, woody, barbed, hairy. Leaves palmately compound, toothed margins, prickly.

Flower - 1 1/2 inches, 5 petals, white to pinkish. Fruit 1 1/4 inches, purple to black, very similar in appearance to a blackberry.

Picture - Tropical White Morning-glory flower.

Name - Moonflower, Evening Glory, Tropical White Morning-glory

(Ipomoea alba)

Family - Convolvulaceae

Habitat - Mesic Hammocks, margins of Mangrove Swamps, fresh and salt marshes.

Description - Vine, Forb/herb. fast growing twining vine.

Flower - Fragrant, white to 5-6 inches in diameter, evening bloom lasts until the following morning.

Picture - Bog White Violet flower

Name - Bog White Violet

(Viola lanceolata)

Family - Violaceae

Habitat - Swamps, Bogs, Wet Pinelands

Description - Perennial, Forb/herb, 3-6 inches tall. Leaf form is variable, generally lanceolate leaves to 4 inches long, margins entire, smooth with flower stalks rising above them.

Flower - White, generally about 1/2 inch across, width varies, with purple veins on lower petals.

Picture - Gallberry leaf and flower.

Name - Inkberry, Gallberry

(Ilex glabra)

Family - Aquifoliaceae

Habitat - Margins of wet prairies, swamps on acidic continuously moist sandy soils.

Description - Perennial shrub 4 - 6 feet tall, leathery leaves are 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches long, simple, alternate with smooth or finely toothed margin, obovate to elliptic.

Flower - Greenish white, single at leaf axils followed by round 1/4 inch shiny black fruits that persist through winter.

Inkberry leaves are browsed by marsh rabbit and white tailed-deer, the fruits are an important food source for raccoon, coyote, opossum and many birds, including quail and wild turkey when other sources are scarce.

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White Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 1 - White Galleries 1 2 3

Click pictures to see full sized images

Picture - Pineland Daisy with inset of flower

Name - Pineland Daisy, Wooly Sunbonnets

(Chaptalia tomentosa)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Wet Pinewoods

Description - Florida native wildflower, perennial, herbaceous plant 12-18 inches tall when flowering. Basal rosette of elliptic to obovate leaves with entire, sometimes undulate margins.

Flower - 1 1/4 inches wide with numerous white rays, backs or undersides of flower are tinged pink.

Picture - String Lily

Name - Swamp Lily, Seven Sisters, String Lily

(Crinum americanum)

Family - Liliaceae

Habitat - Streams, creeks and marshes.

Description - Native perennial, herbaceous emersed plant with spreading, leathery, linear leaves to 4 feet long, frequently with a purple or reddish tint.

Flower - Clusters of 6 petal, tubular, white or white/pink fragrant flowers are produced on a separate cylindrical succulent stalk throughout the year.

Picture - Clustered Bushmint

Name - Musky mint, Clustered bushmint

(Hyptis alata)

Family - Lamiacaea

Habitat - Wet pinelands, wet prairie.

Description - Native perennial, Forb 3 to 4 feet high.

Flower - White, arranged in dense clustered heads 1 1/4 inches across.

Picture - Spanish Needles

Name - Sheppard's Needles, Spanish Needles

(Bidens alba)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Very common to pinelands, scrub, dry prairie, costal strand, road sides.

Description - Native. Annual, Perennial, Forb, Herb. 1 to 3 feet in height, sometimes taller.

Flower - White, 1 inch in diameter, yellow central disk.

Picture - Blackroot Plant and flower.

Name - Blackroot

(Pterocaulon pycnostachyum)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Dry open Pinelands, Sandhill

Description - Native, perennial forb, herb, 1-2 feet in height, often solitary or in scattered, small populations. Silvery pubescent stem, slender, linear green leaf with white mid-vein.

Flower - White, showy compact spike of rayless flower heads, often tinged pinkish-purple at tip.

Pictures - Alligator Weed plant, Flower close-up.

Name - Alligator weed

(Alternanthera philoxeroides)

Family - Amaranthaceae

Habitat - Usually grows as an immersed plant along edges of freshwater creeks, ponds and wetlands where it may form dense mats. Occasionally found on dry land.

Description - Introduced perennial herb to about 3 feet tall with a rank habit of growth, erect, trailing or spreading form.

Flower - White with a papery appearance, produced on stalks.

Picture - Southern Dewberry plant and flower.

Name - Southern Dewberry

(Rubus trivialis)

Family - Rosaceae

Habitat - Open dry to moist flatwoods, roadsides, thickets, disturbed areas

Description - Perennial, Subshrub, Vine. Stems of variable length, sprawling, woody, barbed, hairy. Leaves palmately compound, toothed margins, prickly.

Flower - 1 1/2 inches, 5 petals, white to pinkish. Fruit 1 1/4 inches, purple to black, very similar in appearance to a blackberry.

Picture - Tropical White Morning-glory flower.

Name - Moonflower, Evening Glory, Tropical White Morning-glory

(Ipomoea alba)

Family - Convolvulaceae

Habitat - Mesic Hammocks, margins of Mangrove Swamps, fresh and salt marshes.

Description - Vine, Forb/herb. fast growing twining vine.

Flower - Fragrant, white to 5-6 inches in diameter, evening bloom lasts until the following morning.

Picture - Bog White Violet flower

Name - Bog White Violet

(Viola lanceolata)

Family - Violaceae

Habitat - Swamps, Bogs, Wet Pinelands

Description - Perennial, Forb/herb, 3-6 inches tall. Leaf form is variable, generally lanceolate leaves to 4 inches long, margins entire, smooth with flower stalks rising above them.

Flower - White, generally about 1/2 inch across, width varies, with purple veins on lower petals.

Picture - Gallberry leaf and flower.

Name - Inkberry, Gallberry

(Ilex glabra)

Family - Aquifoliaceae

Habitat - Margins of wet prairies, swamps on acidic continuously moist sandy soils.

Description - Perennial shrub 4 - 6 feet tall, leathery leaves are 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches long, simple, alternate with smooth or finely toothed margin, obovate to elliptic.

Flower - Greenish white, single at leaf axils followed by round 1/4 inch shiny black fruits that persist through winter.

Inkberry leaves are browsed by marsh rabbit and white tailed-deer, the fruits are an important food source for raccoon, coyote, opossum and many birds, including quail and wild turkey when other sources are scarce.

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