Florida Native Wildflowers - Miscellaneous - # - Christina Evans (cgstudios)'s Photos

This gallery contains photos of various native wildflowers. I have separate galleries for Carphephorus species and for Pityopsis graminifolia (SIlkgrass).

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Asclepias tuberosa, aka Butterfly Weed or Orange Milkplant with Phaon Crescent Butterflies in the Ocala National Forest

Butterfly Weed is a tuberous-rooted perennial that grows throughout Florida. Along with other milkweeds, it is a host plant for Queen, Monarch and other butterflies. As seen here, it is obviously also a great nectaring plant. We came upon this small lone plant alongside a road in the Ocala National Forest where it was the main event for these two butterflies. I have no experience with it so far beyond that -- it does not seem to be readily available for sale.

Bearded Grass-pink (Calopogon pallidus) (Kissimmee Prairie Preserve)

This beautiful terrestrial wild orchid is a threatened species in Florida.

Bidens alba, aka Spanish needle or Beggar-ticks with Monarch Butterfly and a fly (tachinid?)

Spanish needle is an annoying, common weed to most gardener's here. It likes full sun (or not!) gets 2-3 feet tall (or more) and blooms much of the year. Butterflies and other nectaring insects adore it, which is why after years of trying to control it in my yard, I now allow it to grow in some of the wilder places in my backyard (where the neighbors can't see it!). It is a host plant for the Dainty Sulphur butterfly. This one was photographed at Largo Nature Park.

Blue-eyed Grass -- who doesn't love flowers this color? As the name indicates, the foliage is low and grassy. In the spring these beautiful small flowers make their appearance. The plant prefers moist areas in full sun. I have a small patch growing in one corner of my yard at the end of a down-slope by the street.

Bumble Bee on Horrible Thistle (Cirsium Horridulum) (Kissimmee Prairie Preserve)

Clematis baldwinii -- Pine Hyacinth -- A very charming little clematis with these lovely bell shaped flowers. I was lucky to receive a few of these from a friend, and it now grows next to a little water feature along my front walkway, making a small tangled mound. Although I understand it is a plant of flatwoods, I've also seen it growing wild at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve in the springtime on ground that was recently burned.

Coatal Plain Palafox (Palafoxia integrifolia) with Blazing Star (Liatris spp.) (Largo)

In my yard, fall 2010

Coreopsis floridana (Kissimmee Prairie Preserve)

Asclepias tuberosa, aka Butterfly Weed or Orange Milkplant with Phaon Crescent Butterflies in the Ocala National Forest

Butterfly Weed is a tuberous-rooted perennial that grows throughout Florida. Along with other milkweeds, it is a host plant for Queen, Monarch and other butterflies. As seen here, it is obviously also a great nectaring plant. We came upon this small lone plant alongside a road in the Ocala National Forest where it was the main event for these two butterflies. I have no experience with it so far beyond that -- it does not seem to be readily available for sale.

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