Plants Native to Florida by PineLilyFNPS
According to ISB
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")
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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)
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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
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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
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SWAMP HORNPOD #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Mitreola sessilifolia); annual, aka Miterwort; found in wet locations; Loganiaceae family
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUEHEARTS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Buchnera americana) Tall, Dainty; sometime larval host for Common Buckeye butterfly
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PENCILFLOWER #fnp #wildflower #nwf (Stylosanthes biflora); Nectar; a larval host: barred yellow (Eurema daira) butterfly
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
- 405 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 406 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 407 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 408 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 410 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 412 days ago via site
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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)
- 414 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 415 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 416 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 417 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 418 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 419 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 420 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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/
- 421 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 423 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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/
- 431 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 432 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 433 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 434 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 445 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 448 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 450 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 451 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 452 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 453 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 454 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BEGGARTICKS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Bidens alba) Pollinator MAGNET! Edible, can be aggressive, hitchhiker type seeds.
- 455 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 456 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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/
- 458 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 463 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 464 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 465 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 466 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 468 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: TOADFLAX #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Linaria spp.) a larval host plant for the generalist Common Buckeye Butterfly.
- 469 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 470 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FETTERBUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #garden (Lyonia lucida)
- 472 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 555 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 564 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 565 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 569 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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!
- 570 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 571 days ago via site
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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
- 572 days ago via site
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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
- 578 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 579 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 581 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 582 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 588 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 589 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 592 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: NARROWLEAF SILKGRASS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Pityopsis graminifolia) http://is.gd/9KCQY3
- 593 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 599 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 602 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 603 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 604 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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)
- 605 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 608 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 609 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 615 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 617 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 623 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 624 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 626 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 628 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 629 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 631 days ago via site
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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
- 633 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 635 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 636 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 637 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 638 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 639 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 640 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 641 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 642 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 643 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 644 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 645 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 646 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 647 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 648 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 649 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 650 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SWEETBROOM #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Scoparia dulcis) used as ethnobotanical http://bit.ly/rqOpw1
- 651 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 652 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 653 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 654 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 656 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 657 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 658 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 660 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: MILKPEA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Galactia elliottii) larval host for Cassius Blue and Ceraunus Blue Butterflies
- 669 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 670 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 670 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 671 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 672 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BEEBALM #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Monarda punctata) favorite of bees, hummingbirds
- 674 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: BLUEHEARTS #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Buchnera americana) Larval host plant for common buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterflies
- 677 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: IRONWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Vernonia spp. likely gigantea) note bee fly sipping nectar...pollinators love it!
- 678 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: MEADOWBEAUTY #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Rhexia spp.) edible leaves? learn more: http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H57.htm
- 693 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 699 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 707 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 757 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 758 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 759 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 760 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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!
- 761 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 762 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 763 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: HAWKWEED #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Hieracium spp.) member of the aster family
- 764 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 766 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 767 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 769 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 775 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 778 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 779 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 780 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 781 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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)
- 782 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 783 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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 :-)
- 784 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: SPIDERWORT #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Tradescantia ohiensis) has ethnobotanical uses: http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H299.htm
- 785 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 786 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 787 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: PURPLE THISTLE #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Cirsium horridulum) larval host for Little Metalmark butterfly
- 788 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 789 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 790 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 792 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: WHITE LOBELIA #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lobelia paludosa) native to AL, GA, FL
- 793 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 794 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 795 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 796 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 797 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 798 days ago via site
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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
- 799 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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.
- 801 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 806 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 808 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 809 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 812 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 813 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 814 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: CANADIAN TOADFLAX #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Linaria canadensis) a great addition to meadow plantings syn Nuttallanthus canadensis
- 815 days ago via Twitpic Email
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What Florida Native Plant is Blooming Today?: FETTERBUSH #fnp #wildflower #nwf #wildlifegarden (Lyonia lucida) Bees really appreciate this graceful shrub!
- 816 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 817 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 895 days ago via site
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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
- 843 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 841 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 837 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 836 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 818 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 820 days ago via Twitpic Email
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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
- 1015 days ago via site
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