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Asimina pygmaea	dwarf pawpaw	native
	close-up entire entire	See also Asimina reticulata RETICULATE PAWPAW or DOG BANANA This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Atriplex pentandra	sand atriplex seabeach orach crested atriplex	native
	close-up entire plant	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Baccharis halimifolia	groundsel tree sea myrtle eastern baccharis saltbush silverling	native
	entire close-up seeds dispersing	In fall the GROUNDSEL TREE goes to seed creating showy white-capped bushes along roadsides throughout much of Florida. Ironically, this Florida native is an invasive plant in Australia. Introduced to the island continent as an ornamental, it can displace the Melaleuca tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia - a problem invasive in Florida) in its native habitat. This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Bejaria racemosa	tarflower	native
	close-up - front close-up - side entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Bidens alba	common beggar-ticks romerillo Spanish needles	native
	close up entire plants	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Carphephorus corymbosus	Florida paintbrush coastalplain chaffhead	native
	entire, not quite in bloom buds close-up entire in full bloom close up of flowers	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Cenchrus incertus Cenchrus spinifex	coastal sandspur field sandspur	native
	close-up	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Chamaecrista nictitans	wild sensitive plant sensitive pea	native
	entire plants entire plant close-up	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Chaptalia tomentosa	woolly sunbonnets pineland daisy	native
	front close-up side close-up entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Cnidoscolus stimulosus	spurge nettle tread softly finger rot	native
	close-up of flower, leaves and fruit entire plant	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Elephantopus elatus	Florida elephant's-foot tall elephantsfoot	native
	close-up entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Encyclia tampensis	Florida butterfly orchid Tampa butterfly orchid	native
	entire close-up - front close-up - from above pseudobulbs	One of the few epiphytic orchids occurring outside of the southern tip of the state, the FLORIDA BUTTERFLY ORCHID is found growing on palms and other trees throughout much of the central and southern peninsula. This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Euphorbia cyathophora Poinsettia cyathophora	painted leaf wild poinsettia fire on the mountain	native
	close-up	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Gaillardia pulchella	gaillardia rosering blanket flower firewheel	native
	close-up close-up entire plant entire plant	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Galactia regularis	milk-pea	native
	flower, stem & leaves	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Gordonia lasianthus	loblolly bay	native
	find the bug on a leaf	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Habenaria quinqueseta	longhorn false reinorchid Michaux's orchid longhorned orchid	native
	blooms spent, petals gone or dried in seed	This could alternately be H. floribunda, would need to see it in bloom to better identify. This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Helianthus debilis	beach sunflower east coast dune sunflower cucumberleaf sunflower	native
	close-up plants	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Hydrocotyle bonariensis	water pennywort beach pennywort largeleaf marshpennywort	native
	close-up plants	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Hypericum cistifolium	St. John's wort roundpod St. John's-wort	native
	flower & seed heads plant entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Hypoxis curtissii Hypoxis hirsuta	common red stargrass red stargrass common goldstar	native
	close-up entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Ipomoea cordatotriloba	coastal morning glory tievine cotton morning glory	native
	flower and vine	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Ipomoea imperati	beach morning-glory	native
	plant with flower close-up above close-up side	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Ipomoea pes-caprae	railroad vine bayhops	native
	close-up flower and vine showing fruit	This plant is an important dune protection and restoration species as it grows out onto the beach ahead of other plants typically in a straight line - prompting the common name railroad vine. The leaves catch blowing sand to start natural dune building and provide an anchor for other plants. This makes it a desirable plant in Florida and other coastal states, but in Arizona it is listed as a Prohibited noxious weed. This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Ipomoea sagittata	glades morning-glory saltmarsh morning-glory	native
	front view of flower & leaves side view	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Iva imbricata	beach elder seacoast marshelder	native
	close-up entire plant	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Lachnocaulon anceps	whitehead bogbutton bog buttons	native
	close-up entire close-up	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Liatris tenuifolia	blazing star	native
	not quite in bloom flower head entire close-up in bloom entire in bloom	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Monarda punctata	horsemint spotted beebalm	native
	close-up entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Monotropa uniflora	indianpipe	native
	entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Nuphar advena Nuphar lutea subspecies advena	spatterdock red pond-lilly cow lilly	native
	flower, leaf & dragonfly	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Nymphaea ordorata	American white waterlily	native
	flower & reflection	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Oenothera laciniata	evening primrose cut-leaved evening primrose	native
	close-up close-up showing leaves & tubes side view showing underside of flower stem, leaves, tubes & bloom	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Passiflora.incarnata	purple passionflower maypops	native
	showing flower, leaf & bud showing vine in its habitat with flower & fruit	This distinctive flower is also known as MAYPOP, one of the more common native species in this family. A favorite larval food of the Gulf fritillary, julia and zebra butterflies, exotic and cultivated hybrid species of passionflowers can also be found in Florida. This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Physalis walteri	Walter's groundcherry	native
	flower & leaves from above flower from below fruit - the 'groundcherry' close-up into flower	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Pinguicula pumila	small butterwort	native
	side close-up showing spur front close-up entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Pityopsis graminifolia Heterotheca graminifolia	silk-grass goldenaster pityopsis	native
	entire close-up	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Pontederia cordata	pickerelweed	native
	plants with flower	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Portulaca pilosa	pink purslane	native
	plant with flowers	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Rhexia mariana	pale meadow beauty Maryland meadowbeauty	native
	flowers, stems & leaves from side close-up front of flowers flower rear view, note urn shaped capsules	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Rubus cuneifolius	sand blackberry	native
	close-up entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Sisyrinchium atlanticum Sisyrinchium angustifolium	blue eyed grass	native
	close-up entire plant	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Solidago fistulosa	hollow goldenrod pinebarren goldenrod	native
	entire plant close-up	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Spiranthes odorata	fragrant ladiestresses marsh ladiestresses underwater orchid	native
	entire Click here for a better photo of this plant at www.2bnthewild.com	This species is sometimes classified as a variant or subspecies of S. cernua. This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Sporobolus virginicus	virginia dropseed seashore dropseed	native
	entire plant close-up	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Strophostyles helvula Strophostyles helvola	sand bean	native
	close-up flower & fruit vine with flower vine with flower	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Tillandsia setacea	southern needleleaf wild pine	native
	entire	See also Tillandsia fasciculata CARDINAL AIRPLANT This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Tradescantia ohiensis	Ohio spiderwort bluejacket	native
	close up entire plant	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Uniola paniculata Uniola floridana	sea oats	native
	entire plants close-up	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Utricularia subulata	zigzag bladderwort	native
	close-up entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Viola lanceolata	bog white violet long-leaf violet	native
	close-up entire	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

Xyris caroliniana	red-eyed grass	native
	entire close-up side close-up front	This species at Wild Florida Photo today

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Asimina pygmaea

dwarf pawpaw

Atriplex pentandra

sand atriplex

seabeach orach

crested atriplex

Baccharis halimifolia

groundsel tree

sea myrtle

eastern baccharis

saltbush

silverling

Bejaria racemosa

tarflower

Bidens alba

common beggar-ticks

romerillo

Spanish needles

Carphephorus corymbosus

Florida paintbrush

coastalplain chaffhead

Cenchrus incertus

Cenchrus spinifex

coastal sandspur

field sandspur

Chamaecrista nictitans

wild sensitive plant

sensitive pea

Chaptalia tomentosa

woolly sunbonnets

pineland daisy

Cnidoscolus stimulosus

spurge nettle

tread softly

finger rot

Elephantopus elatus

Florida elephant's-foot

tall elephantsfoot

Encyclia tampensis

Florida butterfly orchid

Tampa butterfly orchid

Euphorbia cyathophora

Poinsettia cyathophora

painted leaf

wild poinsettia

fire on the mountain

Gaillardia pulchella

gaillardia

rosering blanket flower

firewheel

Galactia regularis

milk-pea

Gordonia lasianthus

loblolly bay

Habenaria quinqueseta

longhorn false reinorchid

Michaux's orchid

longhorned orchid

Helianthus debilis

beach sunflower

east coast dune sunflower

cucumberleaf sunflower

Hydrocotyle bonariensis

water pennywort

beach pennywort

largeleaf marshpennywort

Hypericum cistifolium

St. John's wort

roundpod St. John's-wort

Hypoxis curtissii

Hypoxis hirsuta

common red stargrass

red stargrass

common goldstar

Ipomoea cordatotriloba

coastal morning glory

tievine

cotton morning glory

Ipomoea imperati

beach morning-glory