Central Florida Wildflower Field Guide

American Bluehearts – Buchnera americana, 5 heart-shaped petals, violet to blue

Blue Curls – Trichostema dichotomum, mint family, blue, long curled stamen

Carolina Petunia – Ruellia caroliniensis, 5 blue or violet petals, white stamen

Florida Paintbrush – Carphephorus corymbosus, purple clusters with long purple stamens

Giant Ironweed – Vernonia gigantea, tall, spindly, purple clusters

Meadow Beauty – Rhexia virginica, four veined purple petals, long yellow stamen

Pickerelweed – Pontederi cordata, long, purple oblong clusters in marsh and swamp

Powderpuff – Mimosa strigillosa, pink to lavender, pompom shape

Southern Blue Flag Iris, Swamp, Iris, Virginia Iris – Iris virginica, showy, marsh flower, 3 blue or purple petals, yellow or orange signal

Spurred Butterfly Pea – Centrosema virginianum, butterfly shape purple bloom on vine

Tievine Morning Glory – Ipomoea cordatotriloba, purple bloom on vine, star pattern

Water Hyacinth – Eichhornia crassipes, aquatic, broad leaf, purple flower with orange splotch

Aster cordifolius – blue wood aster, small wildflower with elongated, oval blue petals and purple or yellow center

Coral Bean – Erythrina herbacea, tall stem, coral or pink bean shaped flowers, attracts hummingbirds

Fetterbush – Lyonia lucida, bell-shaped flowers on evergreen shrub – a beauty to find in spring and summer

Marsh Pink – Sabatia grandiflora, small, five petal flower with yellow center and red outline

Red Sorrel, Sheep’s Sorrel – Rumex acetosella, tall red stem, many small flowers, open sun

Sweet Pea – Lathyrus odoratus, butterfly or popcorn shaped, pink, small

Tropical Sage – Salvia coccinea, tall stem, small flowers, red petals and long red stamen

Trumpet Creeper – Campsis radicans, long, horn shaped, five red petals on vine

Wild Azalea – Rhododendron canescens, five pink or white petals and very long stamen on bush

Buttonbush – Cephalanthus occidentalis, globular white flower with long stamen like spikes on bush

Elderberry – Sambucus nigra, tiny white flower clusters on bush

Frog Fruit – Phyla nodiflora, tiny, five petal flowers around a purple center

Lanceleaf Arrowhead -Sagittaria latifolia, aquatic, three white leaves, yellow center, long, pointed leaf

Neches River Rosemallow – Hibiscus dasycalyx, large white flower with overlapping petals and purple center, long stamen

Fineleaf Whiteop Sedge – Rhynchospora colorata, tiny white flower with green tips in grass

Summer Farewell – Dalea pinnata, small white flower with long white stamen, red buds

American Lotus – Nelumbo lutea, pale yellow, overlapping petals with bright yellow center in water

Bushy Seaside Oxeye – Borrichia frutescens, many yellow petals, yellow center, like a small daisy

Coastal Plain Honeycombhead – Balduina angustifolia, yellow flower with honeycomb center, long stem and spindly leaves

Carter’s Flax – Linum-carteri, tiny yellow flower with five overlapping petals, green star at center

Florida Tickseed – Coreopsis floridana, small, long stem, many yellow petals of different lengths, brown center

Orange Milkwort – Polygala lutea, small, low to ground, orange cylinder of petals

Partridge Pea – Chamaecrista fasciculata, yellow or orange petals with long, curled stamen and dark spots, pea pod

Chapman’s Sensitive Plant – Senna mexicana, five yellow petals, long pink or red stamen in clusters

Sensitive Pea – Chamaecrista nictitans, four or five yellow petals, long stamen, red center, fern-like leaf

Wingleaf Primrose Willow – Ludwigia decurrens, five veined yellow petals may be heart shaped and a white center ovule

Yellow Carolina Jasmine -Gelsemium sempervirens, vine in trees, five yellow petals, yellow center, and long stamen