What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: LONGLEAF PINE #fnp #tree #nwf (Pinus palustris) 68 species of bird utilize; habitat/food for mammals Learn: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/pinpal/all.html (perhaps not "blooming")

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINE LILY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lilium catesbaei) threatened (FL) our chapter moniker; jenny's closeups (2010) http://tinyurl.com/8kegxnk learn more http://tinyurl.com/8kuuz8j (hawthorne hill)

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: VIRGINIA CREEPER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vine, fall color; fruits for birds; ground cover unless something to climb up

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SHOWY MILKWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Polygala violacea) annual, learn: http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2012/07/showy-milkwort-polygala-violacea.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SWAMP HORNPOD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Mitreola sessilifolia); annual, aka Miterwort; found in wet locations; Loganiaceae family

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINELAND CHAFFHEAD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Carphephorus spp. likely carnosus) endemic to FL; learn more: http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2009/09/pineland-chaffhead-carphephorus.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PIPEWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Eriocaulon spp. likely decangulare) Pipeworts are bog or aquatic herbs with a crowded head of tiny flowers on a long, leafless stalk.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: LONG'S SEDGE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Carex spp. likely longii) There are hundreds of Carex species in the U.S., with more than 70 in Florida http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/84

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: STARRUSH WHITETOP #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Rhynchospora colorata) Sedge (CYPERACEAE) family; attractive to pollinators http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RHCO7

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: UMBRELLASEDGE #fnp #grass #sedge #nwf #wildlifegarden (Fuirena spp. likely scirpoidea) emersed plant, add it to a rain garden

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: REDROOT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lachnanthes caroliana) emersed plant, perfect for bog garden; seeds: Sandhill Cranes; pollinators delight esp. black swallowtail butterfly; roots: use as dye

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: NUTRUSH #fnp #grass #sedge #nwf #wildlifegarden (Scleria spp.) Mine is happy in the shade of an oak tree. A food of the northern bobwhite.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: NIGHTSHADE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Solanum americanum) immature fruit poisonous, birds love the fruits, esp. mockingbirds http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Solanum+americanum

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PAINTEDLEAF #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Poinsettia spp. likely cyathophora) butterflies, bees, larval host: Ello Sphinx Moth http://butterflies.heuristron.net/plants/poinsettia.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PALE MEADOWBEAUTY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Rhexia spp. likely mariana) The leaves of some Meadow Beauties have a sweet-tart taste and are eaten in salads http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H57.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GIANT IRONWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Vernonia gigantea) butterflies; special value to native bees; http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VEGIG

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SOUTHERN BEEBLOSSOM #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Gaura angustifolia) Native to the SE. can grow to 5ft; a little leggy, but big with bees and other pollinators. Flowers turn from white to pink

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FIREWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Erechtites hieraciifolius) Daisy family. Not the nicest smelling. Ethnobotanical: http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/erechtites.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUE MISTFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Conoclinium coelestinum) butterflies, bees, birds, can be agressive; works in wet locations http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COCO13

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Callicarpa americana) butterflies, birds, fox, mammals; makes a nice jam; ethnobotanical http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CAAM2

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: YELLOW BRISTLEGRASS #fnp #grass #nwf #wildlifegarden (Setaria parviflora) Birds readily eat the seeds http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_sepa10.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GRASSY ARROWHEAD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Sagittaria graminea) emersed or submersed; Waterbirds and mammals feed on seeds and tubers; flowers attract butterflies http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa007

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ST. ANDREW'S-CROSS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Hypericum hypericoides) compact shrub approx. 1 ft tall, rounded crown, would work in a rain garden

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: STINKING CAMPHORWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Pluchea foetida) strong scented. wet locations, the leaves of this species have pretty green, edged in burgandy colored leaves

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PARTRIDGE PEA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Chamaecrista fasciculata) Annual, larval host sulphur butterfly; food for dove/quail http://is.gd/iElMgn

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BASTARD FALSE INDIGO #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Amorpha fruticosa) Deciduous, likes wet; larval host: southern dogface, silver-spotted skipper http://tinyurl.com/cdjcfec

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BROWNE'S SAVORY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Clinopodium brownei) wet conditions, sometime use by aquarium trade, said to be edible

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GREENEYES #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Berlandiera spp.) dry soil, attracts butterflies, self sows via seed. Doesn't occur naturally in my yard, purchased at a native plant sale for pollinator garden

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUEHEARTS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Buchnera americana) Tall, Dainty; sometime larval host for Common Buckeye butterfly

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SAVANNAH PRIMROSEWILLOW #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Ludwigia spp. possibly virgata ) There are about 27 native ludwigia species in FL (ISB). larval host: Banded Sphinx, a silk moth

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SOUTHERN NEEDLELEAF #fnp #airplant #nwf #wildlifegarden (Tillandsia spp. likely setacea) air plant, epiphytic not parasitic, other plants used for support http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw205

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SHORE RUSH; GRASSLEAF RUSH #fnp #grass #nwf #wildlifegarden (Juncus spp. likely marginatus) http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/212

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FLATSEDGE #fnp #grass #nwf #wildlifegarden (Cyperus spp.) http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/123 species key: http://floridagrasses.org/cyperus.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: LONGLEAF or SLASH PINE #fnp #tree #nwf #wildlifegarden (Pinus spp.) food and habitat for numerous species. Learn about FL forest trees http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Trees_Plants/Trees/trees.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ST. JOHN'S-WORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Hypericum spp. likely myrtifolium) wet locations http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2011/06/myrtle-leaved-st-johns-wort-hypericum.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FALSE BUTTONWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Spermacoce remota) nectar; capable of removing tnt? http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/November/30111101.asp

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BEAKSEDGE #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Rhynchospora spp. possibly filifolia) A member of the CYPERACEAE likes moist locations; learn more including key: http://www.floridagrasses.org/Sedge%20Master%20Page.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: HERB-OF-GRACE #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Bacopa monnieri) aka waterhyssop; emersed; larval host White Peacock Butterfly; said to be ethnobotanical for mental focus http://is.gd/NZAZvi

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: RUSTWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Polypremum procumbens) Leaves turn reddish orange thus common name. I found reference same family as butterflybush Buddleja http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxbud.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Lechea deckertii) just budding. found in GA, FL see full bloom from 2011 http://twitpic.com/5s5mwg/full

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SPADELEAF #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Centella asiatica)(ISB) (syn. erecta); has identity issues; edible, antioxidant http://bit.ly/KndAIp pond margins http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/cent_asi.cfm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PENCILFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Stylosanthes biflora); Nectar; a larval host: barred yellow (Eurema daira) butterfly

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CLIMBING HEMPVINE #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Mikania scandens); vine for wet locations yet drought tolerant; nectar source; sun-part shade. sometime Larval host: little metalmark butterfly &Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BRACKEN FERN #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Pteridium aquilinum); deciduous; can grow in full shade. wildlife cover; said to have enthobotanical uses http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/bracken_fern/bracfern.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CORAL HONEYSUCKLE #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Lonicera sempervirens); hummingbirds, bees, other vast wildlife benefit; perfect for arbor/fence or as groundcover http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LOSE

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PASSIONFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Passiflora incarnata); aka maypop; can be aggressive; larval host gulf fritilary butterfly; mammals; homeopathy uses http://www.herbs2000.com/homeopathy/passiflora.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FOGFRUIT #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Phyla nodiflora); aka Frogfruit or matchsticks ground cover, wet locations ok; nectar; larval host buckeye butterfly, white peacock; http://is.gd/IJ4s8b

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WILD PETUNIA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Ruellia caroliniensis); full sun, propagate by seed, cutting or division; larval host buckeye http://regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Ruelcaro

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: RATTLESNAKEMASTER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Eryngium yuccifolium); moist; would work in rain garden; important to bees http://www.hort.net/profile/api/eryyu/

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SAVANNAH MILKWEED #tree #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Asclepias pedicellata); http://regionalconservation.org/ircs/database/plants/PlantPage.asp?TXCODE=Asclpedi

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SYCAMORE; #tree #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Platanus occidentalis); excellent shade, tolerates extensive flooding; minor food/cover for wildlife http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/plaocc/all.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA; #tree #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Magnolia grandiflora); showy, delightful heady scent; large tree for full sun to part shade. http://www.floridata.com/ref/m/magno_g.cfm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WINGED LOOSESTRIFE; #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Lythrum alatum); moist to wet so would work well in rain garden. BEE MAGNET! http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/wng_loosestrife.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINK PURSLANE; #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Portulaca pilosa); ground cover, aggressive, some say edible http://is.gd/rONQZC some disagree http://bit.ly/KCNRLD

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CUBAN JUTE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Sida spp. likely rhombifolia); nectar; larval host: 3 Checkered Skipper spp.; Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak; can be agressive. would work in rain garden; drought tolerant

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FALSE PIMPERNEL #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Lindernia spp. likely dubia var. anagallidea); wet locations. http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/fs_pimpernel.htm may have value as aquarium plant

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PRIMROSEWILLOW #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Ludwigia spp. likely linifolia); There are about 27 native species in FL (ISB). larval host: Banded Sphinx, a silk moth

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PEPPERVINE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Ampelopsis arborea); in the same family as grape, deciduous; will tolerate wet soils; wildlife relish the fruits, not for humans; http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/36

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLADDERWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Utricularia spp. likely gibba); carnivorous; aquatic; http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5666.html rootless http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/663

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ROSE-RUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lygodesmia aphylla) Found and Native to FL, GA; very delicate flower on nearly leafless stem

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BUTTONWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Diodia virginiana); emersed; aquatic; fruit eaten by waterfowl; recommended to help bring back bobwhite http://www.uaex.edu/Other_Areas/publications/PDF/MP506.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: TARFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Bejaria racemosa); aka Flycatcher. Sticky flowers and fruit trap insects http://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Bejarace

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: YELLOWEYED GRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Xyris spp.); 24 species native to FL (ISB).FNPS Palmetto article (PDF) on this family http://www.fnps.org/palmetto/v18i2p14lee.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: DWARF ST.JOHN'S-WORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Hypericum mutilum); small dainty flowers; one of 21 species in this genus native to FL; http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/dwf_stjohn.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: MOHR'S THOROUGHWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Eupatorium likely mohrii) Southeast over to TX; likes it moist; found in pond margins; possible candidate for rain garden.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: MERMAIDWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Proserpinaca pectinata) emersed; flowers inconspicuous but leaves turn rusty red providing color. use in aquariums instead of invasives http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/661

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SWEETBROOM #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Scoparia dulcis) aka LICORICEWEED ethnobotanical: antioxidant and antidiabetic properties http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC533881/

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BEAUTYBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Callicarpa americana) food: berries: birds, esp. bobwhite, raccoons, fox, opossom, leaves: deer, cattle. competes with pines http://is.gd/3G9DBI

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUE FLAG IRIS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Iris spp. likely virginica) great emersed pond plant, one of 6 native FL species (ISB). http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/iris/blueflag/iris_virginica.shtml

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: TROPICAL SAGE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Salvia coccinea) mint family; attracts hummingbirds, insect pollinators; bedding plant self seeds; edible flowers, dry leaves in cooking http://is.gd/1P6QMh

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GRASSLEAF LETTUCE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Lactuca graminifolia) can't find definitive answer re edibility. native bees host: Dianthidium floridiense and Halictus ligatus according to Archbold Sta.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SERENOA REPENS #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Serenoa repens) ethnobotanical; honey; food/cover: numerous species, including threatened FL scrub jay, FL mouse and sand skink, bear, deer http://is.gd/MsijGk

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ELLIOTT'S MILKPEA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Galactia elliottii) thin trailing vine; food: bobwhites, bees;larval host for Ceraunus and Cassius blue; fixes nitrogen

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GOLDENROD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Solidago spp.) 21 native species listed by ISB. Tolerates wet. Blooms all year in FL, but more so in autumn; Fav. of pollinators and spiders.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ROSY CAMPHORWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Pluchea baccharis) wet to moist so should work in a rain garden; butterfly nectar; fragrant leaves; self seeds freely

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PAINTEDLEAF #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Poinsettia spp. likely cyathophora) spurge family; 1-3 ft tall; can be aggressive; larval host Ello Sphinx Moth http://butterflies.heuristron.net/plants/poinsettia.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SOUTHERN BEEBLOSSOM #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Gaura angustifolia) SE; tall, gangly, dainty white flowers turn pink. http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H59.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: QUEENSDELIGHT #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Stillingia sylvatica) small shrub; ethno: http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Stillingia+sylvatica; cancer http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/herb/stillingia

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLACKEYED SUSAN #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Rudbeckia hirta) Deadhead to prolong blooming but leave some seedheads for winter birds http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RUHI2

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: HOARYPEA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Tephrosia spp. likely Florida) Bud white, becomes red. larval host in NC for Confused Cloudywing;ethno: snakebite remedy http://is.gd/qZQdl8

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ROSEGENTIAN #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Sabatia spp. likely grandiflora) FL boasts about 12 species in this genus; colors vary pink to white even on the same plant aka marsh pink

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: MUSCADINE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Vitis rotundifolia) grapes for birds and mammals including humans. jelly, wine, or eat from the vine. skins can be tough http://www.floridata.com/ref/v/viti_rot.cfm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SENSITIVE BRIER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Polygala spp. likely lutea) bog bienniel, found in pine flatwoods, it is one of 23 species of this genus native to Florida

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SENSITIVE BRIER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Mimosa quadrivalvis likely var. floridana) delicate vine; displays thigmonasty; hooked prickles, watch your ankles

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: DAHOON #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Ilex cassine) Dioecious, evergreen, wetland tree, works in shade. bright red fruit feeds birds and wildlife in winter. can be trimmed as a shrub/hedge.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ORANGEGRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Hypericum gentianoides) a St. John's wl history of medical use by Native Americans; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2701219/

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: TWINFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Dyschoriste oblongifolia) larval host for common buckeye butterfly, ground cover, short bedding plant; drought tolerant http://is.gd/fQeZVg

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: NIGHTSHADE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Solanum americanum) maligned by many, toxic to dogs but ripe fruit benefits birds, mammals http://rufino-osorio.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: VENUS LOOKING-GLASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Triodanis perfoliata) annual; flowers in lower leaf axils do not open but produce seed; ethnobotanical http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=TRPE4

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BISHOPSWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Ptilimnium capillaceum) annual; carrot family; wet soil; self seeds; larval host blk swallowtail http://rufino-osorio.com/articles/ptilimnium_capillaceum.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BUTTERWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Pinguicula pumila) TINY bog plant, easily overlooked. Carnivorous: leaves; http://www.carnivorousplants.org/howto/GrowingGuides/Pings_WarmTemp.php

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WINGED SUMAC #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Rhus copallinum) smalll tree; larval host: redbanded hairstreak; fruit feeds birds; fall color http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/rhco.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLACKROOT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Pterocaulon pycnostachyum) larval host: Everlasting Bud Moth http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/GardenPubsAZ/Blackroot_Pterocaulon_pycnostachyum.pdf nectar: zebra swallowtail

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: DOCTORBUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Plumbago Scandens) larval host: Cassius blue; ISB accept: P. zeylanica) http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2010/11/native-plumbago-plumbago-scandens.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINEBARREN ASTER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Oclemena reticulata) Early spring bloomer native to the SE states. http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2009/11/pinebarren-aster-oclemena-reticulata.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ROSEGENTIAN #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Sabatia spp. likely grandiflora) grows in moist soils nearly endemic to FL. http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2011/02/large-flowered-marsh-pink-sabatia.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PEPPERWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Lepidium virginicum) larval host for Great Southern White Butterfly; edible http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lepidium+virginicum

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUEHEARTS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Buchnera americana) Tall, Dainty; Native to Eastern half of US, endangered in part of range. In FL, larval host for Common Buckeye butterfly

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ELDERBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Sambucus nigra) 50 species of birds, mammals, deer, use for food/cover; humans: winemay be toxic to livestock http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_sanic4.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GREENBRIER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Smilax spp.) vine, THORNS, dioecious, forms thickets for wildlife cover http://wildflowers.jdcc.edu/Smilax.html roots are edible, (some species the fruits too)

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: NETTED PAWPAW #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Asimina reticulata) aka Dog Banana deciduous; found in GA FL; larval host for Zebra Swallowtail butterfly, mammals eat fruit; fragrant

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WATERLILY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Nymphaea odorata) FRAGRANT; waterfowl, mammals, pollinators, humans http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Nymphaea+odorata

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: RUSTY STAGGERBUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Lyonia ferruginea) shrub found in SC, GA FL tolerates dry or wet; fragrant; used by deer, pollinators http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Rusty_lyonia/rustlyon.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GALLBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Ilex glabra) shrub tolerates moist locations; excellent wildlife value; deer, rabbits, birds http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_ilgl.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: HUCKLEBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Gaylussacia dumosa) Looks similar and in same family as blueberries (Heath), it is a different genus: http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/gadu.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SWAMP MILKWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Asclepias perennis) 21 FL Native species but most buy 1 non-native. Can't find native milkweed? provide for butterflies OTHER than monarchs with quality native larval hosts

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FLORIDA BETONY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Stachys floridana) on the chemical co's hit list. but WHY?? agressive but EDIBLE and pretty to boot. http://www.eattheweeds.com/florida-betony-150-a-pound/

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: RABBITBELLS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Crotalaria rotundifolia) Larval host BellaMoth (Utetheisa ornatrix) and Ceraunus Blue Butterfly; http://regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Crotrotu

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: MARSHPENNYWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Hydrocotyle spp.) aka Dollarweed; on the turf industry hitlist, creeping wildflower groundcover; edible http://www.eattheweeds.com/a-pennywort-for-your-thoughts-2/

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WHITE LOBELIA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Lobelia paludosa) This wildflower would work well in a rain garden. http://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Lobepalu

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: LADIESTRESSES #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Spiranthes spp.) a member of the orchid family. Look closely: a crab spider sits on the top.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PROCESSION FLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Polygala incarnata) a milkwort; Learn: http://www.zombiejuice.com/weedsworth/plants/polygalaceae/Polygala_incarnata.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CAROLINA CRANESBILL #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Geranium carolinianum) ground cover good for soil stabilization, often thought undesirable, is a great food source for doves and quail

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINK SUNDEW #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Drosera capillaris) carnivorous; learn about this interesting genus http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5265.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SANDMAT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Chamaesyce hypericifolia) (syn. Euphorbia) spurge family. Once used for ethnobotanical properties http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/euphorbia-hype.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SPIDERWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Tradescantia ohiensis) takes full sun to part shade. Flowers last a day and may turn to gel if touched Tradescantia spp will hybridize in just about any combination

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SHINY BLUEBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Vaccinium myrsinites) evergreen, compact growth w/fruits (smaller than cultivated but still tasty); native to SE http://www.floridata.com/ref/v/vacc_myr.cfm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLACKBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Rubus spp.) brambles used as cover, fruits are food for black bear, deer, rabbit, songbirds, humans; leaves browsed by deer, used in tea; aggressive

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: YELLOW HATPINS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Syngonanthus flavidulus) prefers moist sites such as wet pinelands, wet prairies and pond margins.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BEGGARTICKS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Bidens alba) Pollinator MAGNET! Edible, can be aggressive, hitchhiker type seeds.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: OAKLEAF FLEABANE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Erigeron quercifolius) Shown with a couple of Snout Beetles (likely Baris spp.) sniffing around. Also a pollen stop for bees.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: TICKSEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Coreopsis spp.) The state wildflower of Florida. Learn about the FL Wildflower Foundation http://flawildflowers.org/

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUE-EYED GRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) A member of the Iris family, this perennial likes moist to wet locations. http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIAN3

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: Carolina jessamine #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Gelsemium sempervirens) Pretty vine, but caveats apply since all parts of this plant are poisonous. The sap may cause skin irritation in sensitive individuals.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ST. JOHN'S-WORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Hypericum spp) 31 species in this genus are native to Florida. http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2011/06/four-petal-st-johns-wort-hypericum.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FLEABANE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Erigeron vernus) One of the first of 7 fleabanes native to Florida to appear in spring.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GRASSY ARROWHEAD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Sagittaria graminea) an emersed or submersed plant Waterbirds and mammals feed on seeds and tubers; flowers attract butterflies. aka Duck Potato

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: TOADFLAX #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Linaria spp.) a larval host plant for the generalist Common Buckeye Butterfly.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WOODSORREL #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Oxalis corniculata) Early annual or Perennial groundcover; not good for cattle but butterflies seem to love it

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FETTERBUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Lyonia lucida)

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ASTER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Symphyotrichum spp.) many small-flowered asters are found in eastern NA (26 native to FL--{ISB}). often difficult to distinguish from one another

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WAND GOLDENROD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Solidago stricta) as the S.canadensis begins to fade, this beauty picks up the slack providing excellent golden color in the autumn garden

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GRASSY ARROWHEAD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Sagittaria graminea) also called duck potato, an emersed or submersed plant; Waterbirds and mammals feed on seeds and tubers; flowers attract butterflies

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FLATTOP GOLDENROD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Euthamia caroliniana) Native to Eastern US. Wonderful autumn plant for pollen seekers

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GROUNDSEL TREE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Baccharis halimifolia) aka Sea Myrtle or Saltbush it is VERY showy at this time of year and the pollinators love it!

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FLORIDA PAINTBRUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Carphephorus corymbosus) Several species of natives in this genus. FL-DEP has a key: http://is.gd/9MwiOb

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PEPPERVINE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Ampelopsis arborea) Not really in bloom: setting fruit.; Grape family, valuable to birds and mammals http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=amar5

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: YELLOWEYED GRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Xyris spp.) Not a grass. 21 species in FL learn more: http://www.fnps.org/palmetto/v18i2p14lee.pdf Despite color still called yalloweyed

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CHALKY BLUESTEM #fnp #grass #nwf #wildlifegarden (Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus) synomyn A.capillipes Not really in bloom, but setting seed. http://bit.ly/pHJeOe

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BUSHY BLUESTEM #fnp #grass #nwf #wildlifegarden (Andropogon glomeratus) Not really in bloom, but setting seed. Native to eastern US Good wildlife value, possible larval host Skippers, Satyrs http://is.gd/4NVnLa

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SWAMP SUNFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Helianthus spp. likely angustifolius) This one tolerates waterlogged soils for extended periods.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BROOMSEDGE BLUESTEM #fnp #grass #nwf #wildlifegarden (Andropogon spp. likely virginicus) Grass not really "in bloom" sets seed; not major food source but smallbirds eat seeds; wildlife value is in nesting cover

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: VIRGINIA CREEPER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) provides autumn color in FL. Berries for birds. Vine not really "in bloom" but pretty leaves at this time of year.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUE MISTFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Conoclinium coelestinum) provides fall nectar, better in natural setting: http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/cono_coe.cfm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: NARROWLEAF SILKGRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Pityopsis graminifolia) http://is.gd/9KCQY3

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: LOPSIDED INDIANGRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Sorghastrum secundum) a pretty bunch grass with seedheads appearing in Sept. and maturing in Oct. Wildlife benefit: birds; range grass grazed by cows

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BAHAMAN ASTER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Symphyotrichum bahamense) lanky, weedlike, small flowers at end of wispy stems; specimen: http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/img/specimens/USF/134433.jpg

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BASTARD FALSE INDIGO #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Amorpha fruticosa) larval host: s. dogface and silver-spotted skipper, excellent nectar source http://bit.ly/qRIelu

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SHYLEAF #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Aeschynomene americana) Delicate flowers and leaves, larval host Barred Yellow butterfly; AGRESSIVE. Best left as forage in cow country or for deer

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WATER COWBANE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Oxypolis filiformis) requires wet/moist location; larval host for Black Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) (2nd or 3rd instar caterpillar shown)

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WINGLEAF PRIMROSEWILLOW #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Ludwigia decurrens) one of the 27 or so native ludwigia to FL http://botany.si.edu/onagraceae/speciesdescr.cfm?myID=3236

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINE LILY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lilium catesbaei) aka CATESBY'S LILY #Threatened in FL, our Chapter is named after it. Learn more: http://bit.ly/mVn7ES Photo taken across from Loret's house

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SENSITIVE PEA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Chamaecrista nictitans) Larval host of Sulphur Butterfly. Close cousin of PARTRIDGE (PEA C. fasciculata) but smaller in stature

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CLIMBING HEMPWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Mikania scandens) Native to Eastern US. Larval host of Scarlet Bodied Wasp Moth. Although in the same genus, this is not the invasive mile-a-minute vine.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WINGED LOOSESTRIFE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lythrum alatum) Good nectar source for bees, hummingbirds, butterflies. Shown with Gray Hairstreak Butterfly. Good for Rain Garden/Pond area.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: KNOTROOT FOXTAIL #fnp #grass #nwf #wildlifegarden (Setaria parviflora) adapts to different ecosystems;Good for birds, young plants are forage for cattle http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_sepa10.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ROSY CAMPHORWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Pluchea baccharis also P. rosea) strong scent. This plant shows several phases of bud, seeds, seedheads. Likes moist soils. Native VA s. to FL west to TX

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FALSE DAISY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Eclipta prostrata) Said to have uses in herbal medicine: http://oneearthherbs.squarespace.com/important-herbs/eclipta-eclipta-alba-e-prostrata.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SPIDERWORT #fnp #nwf #wildlifegarden (Tradescantia ohiensis) If you aren't up early in the day, you may miss the beautiful display of this wildflower; Said if touched in the heat, flowers shrivel to jelly

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WINGED SUMAC #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Rhus copallinum) Fruits feed birds and can be used in dyes. Common name comes from the projections on the side of the stems.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: VIRGINIA BUTTONWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Diodia virginiana) It kills me that chemical companies advocate killing this pretty flower used by pollinators in favor of monoculture of useless lawn

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: AMERICAN WHITE WATERLILY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Nymphaea odorata), seeds are edible by humans and relished by waterfowl; can be agressive; plant in containers without holes

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SENSITIVE BRIER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Mimosa quadrivalvis) trailing vining with prickles, watch your ankles. Native cousin M. strigillosa is a good lawn alternative http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep3

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SPANISH MOSS #fnp #nwf #wildlifegarden (Tillandsia usneoides) not a moss;airplant in the bromeliad family; Can reach lengths of 20 ft or more. epiphytic not parasitic http://www.floridata.com/ref/t/till_usn.cfm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: RUSTY STAGGERBUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lyonia ferruginea) not really in bloom; but pubescence covered new growth has great color and protects from insects http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp357

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ROMERILLO #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Bidens alba) can you say "pollinator MAGNET?". Can get leggy and use caution in location: it has copious amounts of seeds. Larval host for emerald moth

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GRACEFUL SANDMAT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Chamaesyce hypericifolia) a member of the spurge family (EUPHORBIACEAE) considered a weed by many, it has arching stems which live up to it's common name

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FALSE HOREHOUND #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Eupatorium spp. likely rotundifolium) aka Roundleaf Thoroughwort or Boneset. Quite common in FL, it is considered rare in ME, the northern part of range

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SOUTHERN NEEDLELEAF #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Tillandsia setacea) an epiphytic plant that is one that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; grows on another plant but NOT parasitic

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CUBAN JUTE/FANPETALS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Sida spp.) 28 species of Sida (USDA) some native to FL, some not, excellent wildlife benefits http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr168

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: TALL ELEPHANTSFOOT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Elephantopus elatus) http://mangrove.fnpschapters.org/garden/whats-up-in-garden/157-elephants-foot a fav with crab spiders and bees at my place

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PARTRIDGE PEA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Chamaecrista fasciculata) Birds eat seeds, larval host for several butterfly species http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_chfa2.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SHAGGY HEDGEHYSSOP #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Gratiola spp. likely pilosa) low growing native NJ south to FL, west to TX

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WITCHGRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Dichanthelium spp.) Learn this genus: http://floridagrasses.org/Dichanthelium.htm which has about 24 native species in FL

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ST.ANDREW'S-CROSS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Hypericum spp. likely hypericoides) read about it: http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Hypericum+hypericoides

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FRINGED YELLOW STARGRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Hypoxis juncea) Tiny and easy to miss, but quite showy http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2011/02/yellow-stargrass-hypoxis-juncea.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: RUSTWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Polypremum procumbens) mat forming ground cover; nectar source, the needle shaped leaves turn a beautiful rust color in fall which gives it the common name.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SWEETBROOM #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Scoparia dulcis) used as ethnobotanical http://bit.ly/rqOpw1

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PAINTEDLEAF #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Poinsettia spp. likely cyathophora) This may be Euphorbia heterophylla according to USDA, others indicated it is either P. cyathophora aka E. cyathorphora

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ROSE-RUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lygodesmia aphylla) Looks like pollinators like it! learn more: http://wildflphoto.com/species.php?k=p&id=143

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PRIMROSEWILLOW #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Ludwigia spp. likely octovalvis) There are over 25 species of Ludwigia native to Florida. http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/242

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PURPLE CONEFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Echinacea purpurea) in Florida: Endangered-State; Mild natural antibiotic read more: http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ECPU

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINELAND CHAFFHEAD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Carphephorus carnosus) one of several in this genus, this one has pointy basel leaves

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BROWNE'S SAVORY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Clinopodium brownei aka Micromeria brownei) fragrant, emersed plant used in aquarium trade, edible http://bit.ly/oWgxRD

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINK PURSLANE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Portulaca pilosa) Low growing favorite of bees and it's Edible http://bit.ly/olaN5S

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: MILKPEA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Galactia elliottii) larval host for Cassius Blue and Ceraunus Blue Butterflies

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lechea deckertii) Seems to be limited to GA & FL; Ecosystem Type: sandhills, scrub

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lechea deckertii) Seems to be limited to GA & FL; Ecosystem Type: sandhills, scrub

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SAVANNAH MILKWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Asclepias pedicellata) milkweeds are the larval host for Monarch, Queen and Soldier butterflies

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PASSIONFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Passiflora incarnata) larval host for Gulf Fritilary Butterfly (sun) and Zebra Longwing (shade) Edible fruits

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BEEBALM #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Monarda punctata) favorite of bees, hummingbirds

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUEHEARTS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Buchnera americana) Larval host plant for common buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterflies

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: IRONWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Vernonia spp. likely gigantea) note bee fly sipping nectar...pollinators love it!

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: MEADOWBEAUTY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Rhexia spp.) edible leaves? learn more: http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H57.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: YELLOWEYED GRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Xyris spp.) Not a grass at all. 21 species in FL learn more: http://www.fnps.org/palmetto/v18i2p14lee.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WINGED LOOSESTRIFE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lythrum alatum) attracts a wide variety of wildlife including: Hummingbirds, long-tongued bees, Green Metallic bees, bee flies, butterflies, skippers

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: TURKEY TANGLE FOGFRUIT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Phyla nodiflora) groundcover/hanging basket choice, larval host: Phaon crescent, buckeye, white peacock butterflies, nectar source for pollinators

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: LARGEFLOWER ROSEGENTIAN #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Sabatia spp. likely grandiflora) learn more: http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2011/02/large-flowered-marsh-pink-sabatia.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: HERB-OF-GRACE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Bacopa monnieri) shown here amid Phyla nodiflora both serve as larval host for white peacock butterfly

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SOUTHERN BEEBLOSSOM #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Gaura angustifolia) inconspicuous flowers, which open near sunset and fade the next day, are at first white but turn pink http://www.wildflower.org

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SAVANNAH MILKWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Asclepias pedicellata) Native to FL GA NC SC, it is small and often overlooked but the butterflies don't miss it!

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLACKROOT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Pterocaulon pycnostachyum) Native to SE Contains coumarin, poisonous to humans http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/GardenPubsAZ/Blackroot_Pterocaulon_pycnostachyum.pdf

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLACKEYED SUSAN #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Rudbeckia hirta) great for the butterfly garden: http://www.floridata.com/ref/r/rudb_hir.cfm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: HAWKWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Hieracium spp.) member of the aster family

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: YELLOW STARGRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Hypoxis juncea) grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into a corm or a rhizome. The flowers are born on leafless shoots, also called scapes

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GOLDENROD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Solidago spp. likely stricta) more compact in spring than fall http://www.floridawildflowers.com/products/Solidago-stricta,-Wand-Goldenrod,-Slim-Goldenrod.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PICKERELWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Pontederia cordata) use: water gardens, leaves and seeds edible; Provides cover for wildlife and filters polluted water www.floridata.com

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ELDERBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Sambucus nigra L. subsp. canadensis) berries are attractive to birds and can be made into wine.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: VENUS' LOOKING-GLASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Triodanis perfoliata) Can you believe some consider this beauty a weed? http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/tjdpe.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WATERLILY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Nymphaea odorata) Oddly a species of special concern in CT, yet considered a noxious weed in WA. Used by waterfowl, sandhill cranes, many ethnobotanical uses.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: QUEENSDELIGHT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Stillingia sylvatica) View full size to see the flowers. Proported to be a Homeopathic remedy but with caveats http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69387.cfm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ROSE-RUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lygodesmia aphylla) Found and Native to FL, GA; very delicate flower on nearly leafless stem

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINEBARREN ASTER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Oclemena reticulata) Found in and Native to only four states (AL, FL, GA, SC)

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SOUTHERN PLANTAIN #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Plantago virginica) larval host for Buckeye Butterfly grasshopper sparrow eat seeds, rabbits: spikes and leaves learn more: http://bit.ly/fXFzb4

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLACKBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Rubus spp.) there are several varieties which produce edible fruits often used in cobbler. Can be aggressive...but delicious :-)

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SPIDERWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Tradescantia ohiensis) has ethnobotanical uses: http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H299.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ORANGE MILKWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Polygala lutea) a bog plant also called candy weed. Native of the east coast from NY south to FL then west to LA

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BALLMOSS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Tillandsia recurvata) one of the many Epiphytic airplants of Florida. Learn More: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw205

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PURPLE THISTLE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Cirsium horridulum) larval host for Little Metalmark butterfly

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: NIGHTSHADE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Solanum americanum) Caution: toxic but not to mockingbirds who favor the black fruits.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SENSITIVE BRIER #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Mimosa quadrivalvis) this photo shows bud, flower, flower going to seed and prickly (OUCH) stems. learn more: http://ourorca.org/plantofmonth4.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GRASSLEAF LETTUCE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lactuca graminifolia) a member of the aster family, it is foraged by gopher tortoises and nectar used by bees

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WHITE LOBELIA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lobelia paludosa) native to AL, GA, FL

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PINK SUNDEW #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Drosera capillaris) Carnivorous. The red leaves are paddle shaped and sticky to attract and capture insects; native to Southeast and TX

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BEGGARTICKS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Bidens alba) EXceptional nectar plant for pollinators. Copious amounts of seeds which are transported by socks and pants. Larval host for merald moth

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: DWARF HUCKLEBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Gaylussacia dumosa) Native to eastern US. larval host: Henry's Elfin, feeds mammals, grouse, turkey & quail, deer browse

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: VETCH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Vicia acutifolia) early spring nectar for bees, somewhat aggressive, but fades once the heat sets in.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: EASTERN REDBUD #fnp #tree #nwf #wildlifegarden #bee (Cercis canadensis) One of the first trees to bloom in spring http://www.beautifulwildlifegarden.com/native-highlight-redbud.html

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: RUSTY STAGGERBUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lyonia ferruginea) the rusty pubescence is said to protect new growth from harmful insects http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp357

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: YELLOW JESSAMINE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Gelsemium sempervirens) beautiful, but be cautious, all parts of this plant are poisonous.

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GRACEFUL SANDMAT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Chamaesyce hypericifolia) A member of the spurge family. Native to the SE and Southern states from LA west to CA

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: OAKLEAF FLEABANE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Erigeron quercifolius) annual, wetland plant which readily self seeds, native to the SE US

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: OAK #fnp #tree #nwf #wildlifegarden (Quercus spp) Great shade tree, this young sapling is just leafing out; acorns are food for birds and mammals. http://bit.ly/eAyxwM

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: RED MAPLE #fnp #tree #nwf #wildlifegarden (Acer rubrum) Great landscape tree http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/acer/rubrum.htm

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: LARGELEAF MARSHPENNYWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) apparently edible: http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H411.htm and http://bit.ly/feyIAZ

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SHINY BLUEBERRY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Vaccinium myrsinites) fruit is highly palatable to a wide variety of birds and mammals including me! more: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CANADIAN TOADFLAX #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Linaria canadensis) a great addition to meadow plantings syn Nuttallanthus canadensis

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FETTERBUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lyonia lucida) Bees really appreciate this graceful shrub!

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: GRASSY ARROWHEAD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Sagittaria graminea) threatened or endangered in KY OH RI TN it is considered noxious weed in WA. more: http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/386

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ST. JOHNS-WORT #nwf #wildlifegarden #wildflower (Hypericum sp.) http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/195 Hypericum was used as a medicinal supplement

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: YELLOW WOODSORREL #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Oxalis corniculata aka stricta) edible, but caveats apply: http://wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=OXST

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: ST.JOHN'S-WORT #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Hypericum spp. likely tetrapetalum) found in flatwoods, only in GA and FL. It blooms in the spring and fall

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PROCESSION FLOWER #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Polygala incarnata) endangered in parts of it's northern range. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POIN4

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: RABBITBELLS #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Crotalaria rotundifolia) Larval Host: Ceraunus Blue butterfly Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) and other moths; toxic to cattle

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CORAL HONEYSUCKLE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lonicera sempervirens) attracts Hummingbirds/butterflies and fruits attact birds larval host Spring Azure & Snowberry clearwing native to eastern US

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUE-EYED GRASS #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) an iris, not a grass. http://www.floridafriendlyplants.com/Plant_Detail.asp?PlantID=10 butterfly nectar Native to eastern US

What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WINGED SUMAC #nwf #garden (Rhus copallinum) aka Flameleaf. Important WINTER food source for rabbits, birds, others Learn more: http://tinyurl.com/34z9wrd