White Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 3 - White Galleries 1 2 3

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Picture - Hammock Snakeroot in bloom with inset of leaf detail.

Name - Hammock Snakeroot

(Ageratina jucunda)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Hammocks, Pine Flatwoods

Description - Herbaceous wildflower to 3 feet tall, leaves are alternately arranged, lanceolate with deeply toothed margins. Moist, sandy soils in full sun or lightly shaded areas.

Pictures - Netted Pawpaw with inset of flower close-up.

Name - Reticulate Pawpaw, Netted Pawpaw

(Asimina reticulata Shuttlew. ex Chapm.)

Family - Annonaceae

Habitat - Flatwoods.

Description - Endemic native Florida perennial shrub, 1 -3 feet tall

Pictures - Bigflower Pawpaw flower

Name - Bigflower Pawpaw

(Asimina obovata (Willd.)Nash )

Family - Annonaceae

Habitat - Flatwoods, scrub

Description - Endemic native Florida perennial shrub.

Pictures - Purple Thistle plant, Close-up of flower.

Name - Purple Thistle

(Cirsium horridulum Michx.)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Pinelands, Prairies, well drained sandy soils

Description - Large basal rosette, broader than tall. 12-18 inches in height, to 3 feet or more when in flower. Spiny leaves.

Flower - 2-3 inches across ranging in color from purple to pink or white. Host plant for many butterfly and insect larvae.

Picture - Largeflower Jointweed in bloom.

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.

Pictures - (L) White Leadwort flowers (R) Doctorbush flower and leaf

Name - Doctorbush, White Leadwort

(Plumbago scandens L.)

Family - Plumbaginaceae

Habitat - Hammocks, Thickets, Shell mounds, rocky areas

Description - Florida native perennial shrub or vine, leaves variable. Distinguished by stalked glands along length of flower tube ribs. Flowers year round in S. Florida.

Pictures - Southern Fleabane plant, Close-up of flowers.

Name - Southern Fleabane, Oakleaf Fleabane

(Erigeron quercifolius)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Pinelands, prairies

Description - Native herbaceous perennial, 3 inches to 3 feet in height. Leaf and stems hairy. White to lavender flower, 3/4 inch in diameter with many fine rays surrounding a yellow central disk.

Pictures - (L) Tenangle Pipewort plant (R) Flower head

Name - Tenangle Pipewort

(Eriocaulon decangulare)

Family - Eriocaulaceae

Habitat - Bogs, Marshes, Wet Flatwoods

Description - Linear leaves 10-40 cm. long form a basal rosette, white flowered hemispheric to nearly globose inflorescences on a scape to 3 feet tall.

Pictures - Sea lavender plant, leaves, flowers

Name - Sea lavender, Sea rosemary

( Argusia gnaphalodes )

Family - Boraginaceae

Habitat - Coastal Strand, Dunes

Description - Endangered Florida native shrub, perennial, to 6 feet tall with an equal or greater spread. Leaves are succulent, linear to slightly spatulate, greenish-gray in color.

Flowering year round, flowers emerge white with green throat, changing to a pinkish lavender.

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White Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 3 - White Galleries 1 2 3

Click pictures to see full sized images

Picture - Hammock Snakeroot in bloom with inset of leaf detail.

Name - Hammock Snakeroot

(Ageratina jucunda)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Hammocks, Pine Flatwoods

Description - Herbaceous wildflower to 3 feet tall, leaves are alternately arranged, lanceolate with deeply toothed margins. Moist, sandy soils in full sun or lightly shaded areas.

Pictures - Netted Pawpaw with inset of flower close-up.

Name - Reticulate Pawpaw, Netted Pawpaw

(Asimina reticulata Shuttlew. ex Chapm.)

Family - Annonaceae

Habitat - Flatwoods.

Description - Endemic native Florida perennial shrub, 1 -3 feet tall

Pictures - Bigflower Pawpaw flower

Name - Bigflower Pawpaw

(Asimina obovata (Willd.)Nash )

Family - Annonaceae

Habitat - Flatwoods, scrub

Description - Endemic native Florida perennial shrub.

Pictures - Purple Thistle plant, Close-up of flower.

Name - Purple Thistle

(Cirsium horridulum Michx.)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Pinelands, Prairies, well drained sandy soils

Description - Large basal rosette, broader than tall. 12-18 inches in height, to 3 feet or more when in flower. Spiny leaves.

Flower - 2-3 inches across ranging in color from purple to pink or white. Host plant for many butterfly and insect larvae.

Picture - Largeflower Jointweed in bloom.

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.

Pictures - (L) White Leadwort flowers (R) Doctorbush flower and leaf

Name - Doctorbush, White Leadwort

(Plumbago scandens L.)

Family - Plumbaginaceae

Habitat - Hammocks, Thickets, Shell mounds, rocky areas

Description - Florida native perennial shrub or vine, leaves variable. Distinguished by stalked glands along length of flower tube ribs. Flowers year round in S. Florida.

Pictures - Southern Fleabane plant, Close-up of flowers.

Name - Southern Fleabane, Oakleaf Fleabane

(Erigeron quercifolius)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Pinelands, prairies

Description - Native herbaceous perennial, 3 inches to 3 feet in height. Leaf and stems hairy. White to lavender flower, 3/4 inch in diameter with many fine rays surrounding a yellow central disk.

Pictures - (L) Tenangle Pipewort plant (R) Flower head

Name - Tenangle Pipewort

(Eriocaulon decangulare)

Family - Eriocaulaceae

Habitat - Bogs, Marshes, Wet Flatwoods

Description - Linear leaves 10-40 cm. long form a basal rosette, white flowered hemispheric to nearly globose inflorescences on a scape to 3 feet tall.

Pictures - Sea lavender plant, leaves, flowers

Name - Sea lavender, Sea rosemary

( Argusia gnaphalodes )

Family - Boraginaceae

Habitat - Coastal Strand, Dunes

Description - Endangered Florida native shrub, perennial, to 6 feet tall with an equal or greater spread. Leaves are succulent, linear to slightly spatulate, greenish-gray in color.

Flowering year round, flowers emerge white with green throat, changing to a pinkish lavender.

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