Yellow Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 1 - Yellow Galleries 1 2 3

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Picture - Leavenworth's Tickseed

Name - Leavenworth's Tickseed

(Coreopsis leavenworthii)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Prairie, Pinelands, Moist open areas

Description - Florida state wildflower. Native, endemic perennial herbaceous wildflower. 1-3 feet tall with an equal spread. Leaves are opposite, simple, 2-4 inches long, lobed. There are seven species of Florida native Coreopsis.

Flower - A variety of colors - yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, 11/2 to 2 inches wide. Ray florets with dentate tips surrounding a small central disk.

Pictures - Bushy Seaside Oxeye flower close-up, whole plant.

Name - Bushy Seaside Oxeye, Sea Daisy

(Borrichia frutescens)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Margins of Salt Marsh, Mangrove Swamps

Description - Native perennial subshrub, 2-4 feet high with equal spread, Leaves grey-green, fleshy, simple, obovate to 2-4 inches.

Flower - Yellow rays, 1-1 1/4 inch wide, central disk brownish-yellow.

Pictures - Narrowleaf Yellowtops plant, flower close-up.

Name - Narrowleaf Yellowtops

(Flaveria linearis Lag.)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Coastal hammocks, coastal strand, pinelands, disturbed areas, often in colonies or patches.

Description - Native perennial herb, subshrub 1 to 2 feet tall occasionally to as much as 4-5 feet, taller than broad, leaves are opposite, linear with entire margins.

Flower - Clusters of showy yellow flowers.

Pictures - Gray Nicker flowers, seed pods.

Name - Gray nicker

(Caesalpinia bonduc (L.)Roxb.)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Coastal Strand, Coastal Hammocks

Description - Native perennial vine or shrub with spiny stems to 2 inches in diameter and 15 feet or more in length. Compound, shiny green bipinnate leaf with each leaflet up to 2 1/2 inches long.

Flower - Yellow, 1 inch, 5 petal flowers produced in clusters. Fruit is a 4 inch, flattened spiny pod, brown when mature which splits to reveal 2-3 round hard 1 inch seeds.

Picture - Begger-tick plants in bloom

Name - Begger-ticks

(Bidens mitis)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Borders of marshes, swamps

Description - Native annual or perennial herbaceous wildflower, generally sprawling habit of growth, 2-3 feet in height.

Flower - Bright yellow, average 2 - 2 1/2 inches across.

Pictures - Tall Pinebarren Milkwort flower heads

Name - Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

(Polygala cymosa Walter)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Woodland depressions, cypress swamps, savannas, wet pine flatwoods

Description - Native herbaceous biennial. Flower stalks rise from a basal rosette of linear to lanceolate leaves.

Flower - Small profuse bright yellow flowers on cymosely branched inflorescence to 3 feet tall.

Picture - Yellow Milkwort flower.

Name - Yellow Milkwort, Yellow Batchelor's Button

(Polygala rugelii)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Moist sandy soils in pinelands, wet prairie.

Description - Native, endemic annual forb/herb. Height to 3 feet.

Flower - Small yellow flowers in densely packed heads, 1 - 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

Picture - Candyroot plant with flowers.

Name - Candyroot, Bachelor's Button

(Polygala nana)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Wet Flatwoods, Wet Prairie, moist open sandy areas.

Description - Forb/Herb, Annual to 6 inches in height with glabrous, oblanceolate leaves, 2 inches or less in length.

Flower - Small, lemon yellow flowers in 1 - 2 inch dense clusters.

Pictures - Four-petal St. Johns Wort

Name - Four-petal St. Johns Wort

(Hypericum tetrapetalum Lam.)

Family - Clusiaceae

Habitat - Wet Pinelands

Description - Native. Evergreen shrub to 3 feet tall, with narrow growth form. Leaves are opposite, ovate, clasping, heart-shaped at base.

Flower - Yellow, four petals, 3 cm. across with numerous stamens.

Pictures - Pineland Acacia plant, Close-up of flowers.

Name - Pineland Acacia

(Acacia pinetorum)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Dry Pinelands, Coastal areas

Description - Perennial shrub, small tree to 12 feet, spiny branches, green to grayish-green bipinnate leaf

Flower - Yellow Pom-Pom like flower about 3/4 inch in diameter. Fruit is a curved brown pod 1-3 inches, pointed at the tip.

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Yellow Florida Wildflowers

Gallery 1 - Yellow Galleries 1 2 3

Click pictures to see full sized images

Picture - Leavenworth's Tickseed

Name - Leavenworth's Tickseed

(Coreopsis leavenworthii)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Prairie, Pinelands, Moist open areas

Description - Florida state wildflower. Native, endemic perennial herbaceous wildflower. 1-3 feet tall with an equal spread. Leaves are opposite, simple, 2-4 inches long, lobed. There are seven species of Florida native Coreopsis.

Flower - A variety of colors - yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, 11/2 to 2 inches wide. Ray florets with dentate tips surrounding a small central disk.

Pictures - Bushy Seaside Oxeye flower close-up, whole plant.

Name - Bushy Seaside Oxeye, Sea Daisy

(Borrichia frutescens)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Margins of Salt Marsh, Mangrove Swamps

Description - Native perennial subshrub, 2-4 feet high with equal spread, Leaves grey-green, fleshy, simple, obovate to 2-4 inches.

Flower - Yellow rays, 1-1 1/4 inch wide, central disk brownish-yellow.

Pictures - Narrowleaf Yellowtops plant, flower close-up.

Name - Narrowleaf Yellowtops

(Flaveria linearis Lag.)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Coastal hammocks, coastal strand, pinelands, disturbed areas, often in colonies or patches.

Description - Native perennial herb, subshrub 1 to 2 feet tall occasionally to as much as 4-5 feet, taller than broad, leaves are opposite, linear with entire margins.

Flower - Clusters of showy yellow flowers.

Pictures - Gray Nicker flowers, seed pods.

Name - Gray nicker

(Caesalpinia bonduc (L.)Roxb.)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Coastal Strand, Coastal Hammocks

Description - Native perennial vine or shrub with spiny stems to 2 inches in diameter and 15 feet or more in length. Compound, shiny green bipinnate leaf with each leaflet up to 2 1/2 inches long.

Flower - Yellow, 1 inch, 5 petal flowers produced in clusters. Fruit is a 4 inch, flattened spiny pod, brown when mature which splits to reveal 2-3 round hard 1 inch seeds.

Picture - Begger-tick plants in bloom

Name - Begger-ticks

(Bidens mitis)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Borders of marshes, swamps

Description - Native annual or perennial herbaceous wildflower, generally sprawling habit of growth, 2-3 feet in height.

Flower - Bright yellow, average 2 - 2 1/2 inches across.

Pictures - Tall Pinebarren Milkwort flower heads

Name - Tall Pinebarren Milkwort

(Polygala cymosa Walter)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Woodland depressions, cypress swamps, savannas, wet pine flatwoods

Description - Native herbaceous biennial. Flower stalks rise from a basal rosette of linear to lanceolate leaves.

Flower - Small profuse bright yellow flowers on cymosely branched inflorescence to 3 feet tall.

Picture - Yellow Milkwort flower.

Name - Yellow Milkwort, Yellow Batchelor's Button

(Polygala rugelii)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Moist sandy soils in pinelands, wet prairie.

Description - Native, endemic annual forb/herb. Height to 3 feet.

Flower - Small yellow flowers in densely packed heads, 1 - 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

Picture - Candyroot plant with flowers.

Name - Candyroot, Bachelor's Button

(Polygala nana)

Family - Polygalaceae

Habitat - Wet Flatwoods, Wet Prairie, moist open sandy areas.

Description - Forb/Herb, Annual to 6 inches in height with glabrous, oblanceolate leaves, 2 inches or less in length.

Flower - Small, lemon yellow flowers in 1 - 2 inch dense clusters.

Pictures - Four-petal St. Johns Wort

Name - Four-petal St. Johns Wort

(Hypericum tetrapetalum Lam.)

Family - Clusiaceae

Habitat - Wet Pinelands

Description - Native. Evergreen shrub to 3 feet tall, with narrow growth form. Leaves are opposite, ovate, clasping, heart-shaped at base.

Flower - Yellow, four petals, 3 cm. across with numerous stamens.

Pictures - Pineland Acacia plant, Close-up of flowers.

Name - Pineland Acacia

(Acacia pinetorum)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Dry Pinelands, Coastal areas

Description - Perennial shrub, small tree to 12 feet, spiny branches, green to grayish-green bipinnate leaf

Flower - Yellow Pom-Pom like flower about 3/4 inch in diameter. Fruit is a curved brown pod 1-3 inches, pointed at the tip.

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