Yellow Florida Wildflowers

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Pictures - Partridge Pea flowers.

Name - Partridge Pea

(Chamaecrista fasciculata)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Pinelands, Open Woodlands, Disturbed sites

Description - Native annual herbaceous wildflower to 3 feet in height.

Flower - 1 1/2 inches, 5 unequal petals yellow with red spots at base, stems erect to arching, leaves pinnately compound with bristle tipped leaflets.

Picture - Maryland Goldenaster plant with flowers.

Name - Maryland Goldenaster

(Chrysopsis mariana)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Sandhill, open sandy areas of flatwoods

Description - Perennial, Forb/Herb to 3 feet high, basal leaves are oblanceolate, stem leaves lanceolate, young growth is silky or pubescent.

Flower - Golden yellow numerous rays surround a yellow to brownish yellow central disk.

Picture - Wireweed plant with flower.

Name - Common Fanpetals, Wireweed

(Sida acuta)

Family - Malvaceae

Habitat - Sandy well drained soils of flatwoods, prairie

Description - Shrubby, tough stemmed perennial, ranging from 11 to 36 inches high, leaves alternate, slender, lanceolate, acute, toothed margins, 1- 3.9 inches long.

Flower - Pale yellow, yellow or orange with 5 petals, just under1 inch, joined at base.

Picture - East coast Dune Sunflower

Name - East Coast Dune Sunflower

(Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Coastal Strand, open areas on the east coast of Florida.

Description - Native Florida herbaceous annual or perennial wildflower.

Height - 18 inches

Pictures - Prickly-pear cactus with inset of fruit, Prickly-pear flower.

Name - Prickly-pear Cactus, Devils tongue

(Opuntia humifusa)

Family - Cactaceae

Habitat - Dry, sandy, open woodlands, Coastal strand behind dune line.

Description - Attains heights of 8 feet or more, armed with long sharp spines and smaller hair-like, barbed spines called glochids, dark green dull or shiny pads up to about 8 inches long.

Flower - Yellow to 3 inches across, blooming in spring and summer, followed by green oblong fruit tuning reddish or reddish purple at maturity.

Pictures - Black-eyed Susan flowers.

Name - Black-eyed Susan

(Rudbeckia hirta)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Pinelands

Description - Native Florida herbaceous wildflower. May grow as an annual, biennial or perennial, up to 3 feet tall. Basal rosette leaves are rough, diamond shaped. Branched, prickly flower stem bears hairy, lanceolate leaves 2 -3 inches long.

Flower - To 3 inches across, 10 -20 yellow to golden rays surround a conical, purplish-brown central disk.

Picture - Pitted Stripe-seed flower

Name - Piriqueta, Pitted Stripeseed

(Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana)

Family - Turneraceae

Habitat - Open areas of Dry/Wet Pinelands, Sandhill, margins of woodlands.

Description - Native. Annual, perennial herb to 15 inches high. Leaf variable, pubescent.

Flower - 5 rays, yellow 2-4 cm across.

Pictures - Yellow-eyed Grass

Name - Yellow-eyed Grass

(Xyris Sp.)

Family - Xyridaceae

Habitat - Wet woodlands, Marshes and Prairies

Description - OBL/Native. Perennial Forb, herb - 2 dozen species in Florida. Flat liner basil leaves.

Flower - Scaly brown spikes, 2.5 centimeters long, producing small, deep yellow flowers.

Pictures - Yellow Colicroot flowering stalk, flower close-up, Basal rosette

Name - Yellow Colicroot

(Aletris lutea Sm.)

Family - Nartheciaceae

Habitat - Wet Pinelands, Wet Prairie. Moist to wet sandy soils.

Description - FAC/Native. Perennial, Forb, herb, with yellowish-green lanceolate basil leaves in a rosette to 6 inches high, flowering spike to near 3 feet in spring, summer.

Flower - Yellow, with a mealy/grainy appearance to 1 cm. long.

Pictures - Narrowleaf Silkgrass plant and close-up of flowers.

Name - Narrowleaf Silkgrass

(Pityopsis graminifolia)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Sandhill, Scrub, Dry Pine Flatwoods, Dry Prairie, Ruderal. Sandy, well drained soils.

Description - Native Perennial, Herb to 3 feet tall. Lanceolate "grass-like" leaves, silky, silvery pubescent. Form is variable.

Flower - Yellow, 1 1/4 inch with 8-13 rays, spring through fall.

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Yellow Florida Wildflowers

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Click pictures to see full sized images

Pictures - Partridge Pea flowers.

Name - Partridge Pea

(Chamaecrista fasciculata)

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Pinelands, Open Woodlands, Disturbed sites

Description - Native annual herbaceous wildflower to 3 feet in height.

Flower - 1 1/2 inches, 5 unequal petals yellow with red spots at base, stems erect to arching, leaves pinnately compound with bristle tipped leaflets.

Picture - Maryland Goldenaster plant with flowers.

Name - Maryland Goldenaster

(Chrysopsis mariana)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Sandhill, open sandy areas of flatwoods

Description - Perennial, Forb/Herb to 3 feet high, basal leaves are oblanceolate, stem leaves lanceolate, young growth is silky or pubescent.

Flower - Golden yellow numerous rays surround a yellow to brownish yellow central disk.

Picture - Wireweed plant with flower.

Name - Common Fanpetals, Wireweed

(Sida acuta)

Family - Malvaceae

Habitat - Sandy well drained soils of flatwoods, prairie

Description - Shrubby, tough stemmed perennial, ranging from 11 to 36 inches high, leaves alternate, slender, lanceolate, acute, toothed margins, 1- 3.9 inches long.

Flower - Pale yellow, yellow or orange with 5 petals, just under1 inch, joined at base.

Picture - East coast Dune Sunflower

Name - East Coast Dune Sunflower

(Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Coastal Strand, open areas on the east coast of Florida.

Description - Native Florida herbaceous annual or perennial wildflower.

Height - 18 inches

Pictures - Prickly-pear cactus with inset of fruit, Prickly-pear flower.

Name - Prickly-pear Cactus, Devils tongue

(Opuntia humifusa)

Family - Cactaceae

Habitat - Dry, sandy, open woodlands, Coastal strand behind dune line.

Description - Attains heights of 8 feet or more, armed with long sharp spines and smaller hair-like, barbed spines called glochids, dark green dull or shiny pads up to about 8 inches long.

Flower - Yellow to 3 inches across, blooming in spring and summer, followed by green oblong fruit tuning reddish or reddish purple at maturity.

Pictures - Black-eyed Susan flowers.

Name - Black-eyed Susan

(Rudbeckia hirta)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Pinelands

Description - Native Florida herbaceous wildflower. May grow as an annual, biennial or perennial, up to 3 feet tall. Basal rosette leaves are rough, diamond shaped. Branched, prickly flower stem bears hairy, lanceolate leaves 2 -3 inches long.

Flower - To 3 inches across, 10 -20 yellow to golden rays surround a conical, purplish-brown central disk.

Picture - Pitted Stripe-seed flower

Name - Piriqueta, Pitted Stripeseed

(Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana)

Family - Turneraceae

Habitat - Open areas of Dry/Wet Pinelands, Sandhill, margins of woodlands.

Description - Native. Annual, perennial herb to 15 inches high. Leaf variable, pubescent.

Flower - 5 rays, yellow 2-4 cm across.

Pictures - Yellow-eyed Grass

Name - Yellow-eyed Grass

(Xyris Sp.)

Family - Xyridaceae

Habitat - Wet woodlands, Marshes and Prairies

Description - OBL/Native. Perennial Forb, herb - 2 dozen species in Florida. Flat liner basil leaves.

Flower - Scaly brown spikes, 2.5 centimeters long, producing small, deep yellow flowers.

Pictures - Yellow Colicroot flowering stalk, flower close-up, Basal rosette

Name - Yellow Colicroot

(Aletris lutea Sm.)

Family - Nartheciaceae

Habitat - Wet Pinelands, Wet Prairie. Moist to wet sandy soils.

Description - FAC/Native. Perennial, Forb, herb, with yellowish-green lanceolate basil leaves in a rosette to 6 inches high, flowering spike to near 3 feet in spring, summer.

Flower - Yellow, with a mealy/grainy appearance to 1 cm. long.

Pictures - Narrowleaf Silkgrass plant and close-up of flowers.

Name - Narrowleaf Silkgrass

(Pityopsis graminifolia)

Family - Asteraceae

Habitat - Sandhill, Scrub, Dry Pine Flatwoods, Dry Prairie, Ruderal. Sandy, well drained soils.

Description - Native Perennial, Herb to 3 feet tall. Lanceolate "grass-like" leaves, silky, silvery pubescent. Form is variable.

Flower - Yellow, 1 1/4 inch with 8-13 rays, spring through fall.

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