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A native plant from New Zealand, Brass Buttons prefers partial sun and cooler temperatures but can adapt to many environments. This low-growing perennial has light green foliage with tints of ...
This category contains the native flora of Florida as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
Koanophyllon villosum, the Florida Keys thoroughwort, [2] or abre camino, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in southern Florida , Cuba , the Bahamas , Hispaniola , Jamaica , and the Islas de la Bahía (part of Honduras).
Ruellia simplex is an evergreen perennial growing 3 ft (0.91 m) tall, forming colonies of stalks with lance-shaped leaves that are 6 to 12 in (15 to 30 cm) long and .5 to .75 in (1.3 to 1.9 cm) wide. The flowers are metallic blue to purple, trumpet-shaped with an about 2 in (5.1 cm)-wide, five-lobed corolla. There is a dwarf variety that is ...
Crocus (/ ˈ k r oʊ k ə s /; plural: crocuses or croci) is a genus of seasonal flowering plants in the family Iridaceae (iris family) comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms. They are low growing plants, whose flower stems remain underground, that bear relatively large white, yellow, orange or purple flowers and then ...
Pseudoziziphus celata, commonly known as the Florida jujube [4] [5] or Florida ziziphus, [6] is a small xeric-adapted shrub endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida (restricted to Polk and Highlands counties), and is one of the rarest plants in Florida. [7] It is listed as federally endangered in the United States and state endangered ...
Flowers bisexual, often some unisexual in same inflorescence; pedicel 1-3.5 cm, slender; sepals wide spreading, not recurved, white, linear or elliptic to lanceolate or narrowly obovate [5] The plant can get anywhere from 15 to 30 ft tall, and 15 to 30 ft wide. In late fall, the fertilized flowers become seed clusters of 5-6 fruits connected at ...
Scutellaria floridana, the Florida skullcap, [2] is a rare species of flowering plant. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is known only from the Florida Panhandle. It is threatened by a number of human activities and its small population sizes make it vulnerable. [3] It is a federally listed threatened species.