Notes on Florida’s Endangered and Threatened Plants1
4th Edition, August 2003
Nancy C. Coile2
updated by Mark A. Garland3
Endangered Plant List
| Scientific Name | References | Common Names | Family | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Acacia choriophylla Benth.
|Atlas; Nelson, plate #71;
Scurlock, p. 2
|
Correll and Correll, 588
Isely, 8 Long and Lakela, 453 Ward, 3 Wunderlin, 341 |
tamarindillo
cinnecord |
Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family. Mimosoideae; acacia subfamily |
tree to 9 m tall; spineless; lvs cpd, 1-3 pairs of segments, 4-8 pairs of lflets, lflets 1-2 cm long; petiolar gland circular and sessile; yellow flowers; stamens numerous; frt a woody legume with non-arillate seed; ecotone between rockland hammock and marine tidal swamp, coastal berm; Dade (escape) and Monroe cos.; summer. |
| 2. Acacia tortuosa (L.) Willd.
| Atlas; Nelson, plate #74
|
Correll and Correll, 590
Isely, 7 Long and Lakela, 452 Wunderlin, 341 |
poponax | Leguminosae/
Mimosoideae [see above for common names] |
shrubby tree to 5 m tall; stipular spines (may be fused at bases); lvs cpd, 4-8 pairs of segments, 15-20 pairs of lflets; petiolar gland elliptic; yellow flowers; stamens numerous; frt a slender moniliform, slightly curved, woody legume; hammocks on shell middens; Collier Co. (extirpated?) |
| 3. Actaea pachypoda Elliott
| Atlas
|
Clewell, 460
Radford et al., 456 Small, 513, as A. alba Ward, 127-128 Wunderlin, 298 |
doll's eyes
baneberry necklace weed white baneberry |
Ranunculaceae;
buttercup family |
perennial herb; lvs cpd; many white flrs with thick stalks which later become red; frts hard, white berries with blackish dot (persistent stigma); rich woods, slope forest, stream banks; Liberty Co.; Mar. |
| 4. Adiantum melanoleucum Willd.
| Chafin
|
FNA, 128
Lakela and Long, 68 Long and Lakela, 90 Small: ferns, 116,117 Ward, 3-4 Wunderlin, 40 |
fragrant maidenhair
fern |
Pteridophyta--
Adiantaceae; maidenhair fern family |
fern; rachis hairy and dull; lvs to 80 cm long, margins finely and irregularly serrate, lf segments oriented at right angles to rachis and continuous with stalk; false indusium crescent-shaped, on segment margins; rockland hammocks, limestone sinkholes; Dade Co. (Monroe Co. record is an error.) |
| 5. Adiantum tenerum Swartz
FL, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela |
FNA, 127
Lakela and Long, 63 Long and Lakela, 90 Small: ferns, 121-123 Wunderlin, 40 |
brittle maidenhair fern | Pteridophyta--
Adiantaceae; maidenhair fern family |
fern; rachis smooth and shiny; lv segments fan-shaped, with a tiny white annular joint at base; sink walls, grottos, and limestone ledges; Alachua, Citrus, Dade, Hernando, Hillsborough, Marion, Pinellas, St. Johns and Volusia cos. |
| 6. Aeschynomene pratensis Small
A. pratensis var. pratensis is endemic to FL. | Chafin
|
Isely, 185-186
Long and Lakela, 488 Small, 727 Wunderlin, 341-342 |
meadow jointvetch | Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family Papilionoideae; pea subfamily |
perennial herb to 2 m tall; petiole 3-8 cm long; 20-24 lflets, with prominent midvein, entire; yellow to orange petals; legume with distinctly crenate loments; pineland margins; (Broward), Collier, Dade and Monroe cos. Blooms all year. |
| 7. Ageratum littorale A. Gray
FL, West Indies, Central America |
Cronquist, 194
Long and Lakela, 870 Small, 1319 Wunderlin, 604 |
Cape Sable whiteweed
seashore ageratum |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Eupatorieae |
herb; lvs opposite, succulent, glabrous; corollas blue; achenes 5-angled; pappus a tiny crown of scales; hammocks and along the shore; Monroe Co.- from Lignum Vitae Key to Key West.; all year. |
| 8. Agrimonia incisa Torrey and A. Gray
FL, SC, GA, MS |
Clewell, 466
Radford et al., 547 Small, 616 Wunderlin, 327 |
harvest-lice
incised agrimony |
Rosaceae;
rose family. Spiraeoideae; spireaea subfamily |
herb, to 1 m tall; stem unarmed; lflets 7-9, unequal, stipules prominent, terminal lflet less than 2.5 cm long, sessile and amber glands on lower leaf surface; hypanthium to 2 mm long; petals to 2 mm long; sandhills, woods and thickets; Alachua, Calhoun, Citrus, Escambia, Hernando, Jackson, Madison, Marion, Suwannee, Wakulla and Washington cos.; Sep-Oct. |
| 9. Aletris bracteata Northrup
Included in A. farinosa L. by Correll and Correll, Long and Lakela Wunderlin distinguishes the panhandle A. farinosa from A.
bracteata.
FL to New England and Ontario, west to WI and TX |
Clewell, 351
Correll & Correll, 297-299 Long and Lakela, 294 Radford et al., 302 Small, 316 Wunderlin, 205-206 |
bracted colic-root | Melanthiaceae;
bunchflower
|
perennial herbs with rhizomes; lvs mostly basal and linear, stem lvs reduced; stems to 60 cm tall; perianth white, 5-8 mm long, cylindric or constricted above the middle, slightly granular; capsule conic; pine rocklands, marl prairies; (Collier) , Dade and Monroe [incl. Keys], cos.; all year. |
| 10. Alvaradoa amorphoides Liebm.
| Atlas; Chafin
|
Correll and Correll, 737-738
Long and Lakela, 517 Small, 763-764 Wunderlin, 386-387 |
alvaradoa
Mexican alvaradoa |
Picramniaceae, or Simaroubaceae;
picramnia family, or quassia family |
shrub or small tree; leaflets 19 to 51, 1-2.5 cm long, with appearance of Amorpha; lvs alternate; flowers tiny, green or yellowish, in drooping racemes, pistillate racemes up to 13 cm long, staminate ones to 20 cm long; fruits samaras, densely pubescent; pine rocklands, rockland hammocks; Dade Co. (Monroe Co. record is error.) |
| 11. Amorpha crenulata Rydb.
Endangered Species Act, 1973; Fed. Register, 18 July 1985. Isely uses A. herbacea Walter var. crenulata (Rydberg) Isely. Wunderlin concurs. | Chafin endemic |
Isely, 73
Long and Lakela, 478 Small, 690 Wunderlin, 343 |
Miami lead plant | Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family Papilionoideae; pea subfamily |
shrub; to 3 m tall; not hairy; leaflets 25-33, crenulate (with small rounded teeth), terminal gland on leaflets; lflet stalks 1.5-2 mm long; corollas white, single petal 6 mm long; vacant lots, pine rockland, marl prairie, fire-maintained; Dade Co.; Feb-Aug. |
| 12. Anemia wrightii Baker ex Hook. and Baker
| Chafin Florida, Cuba |
Correll and Correll, 7
FNA, 118 Wunderlin, 38 |
parsley fern
Wright's pineland fern |
Pteridophyta--
Anemiaceae/ Schizaeaceae.
|
fern; less than 15 cm tall; 2-compound, papery to leathery, 2-4 pairs of segments; ultimate segments of sterile fronds oblanceolate, very narrow at base and deeply toothed at tip; fertile fronds with sporangia on all segments, blade tissue lacking; solution holes in rockland hammocks; Dade Co. |
| 13. Aquilegia canadensis L.
[A. canadensis var. australis (Small) Munz is intended.]
Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, south to FL and TX |
Clewell, 460
Gleason and Cronquist, 60 Radford et al., 454-454 Small, 514 Ward, 130 Wunderlin, 298-299 |
columbine
wild columbine |
Ranunculaceae;
buttercup family |
herb; pendent red and yellow flrs, complex structure with hollow spur; woodlands, Jackson, Liberty and Washington cos.; Mar-Apr. |
| 14. Arabis canadensis L.
| Atlas
|
Clewell, 339
Gleason and Cronquist, 192 Radford et al., 510-511 Small, 572 Wunderlin, 311-312 |
sicklepod | Cruciferae/
Brassicaceae; mustard family |
herb; median lvs not auriculate-clasping, hairy; petals white to pinkish; fruit pod flattened, long and narrow; rich woods, limestone outcrops; Jackson and Liberty cos.; Mar-Apr. |
| 15. Argusia gnaphalodes (L.) Heine
[In 1998 Rule, listed as: Tournefortia gnaphalodes (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. and J.A. Schult.]
|Atlas; Bell and Taylor, p. 232; Scurlock, p.109 FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central America |
Correll and Correll, 1208-
1209, as Mallotonia Long and Lakela, 731 Ward, 101-102 Wunderlin, 515 |
sea lavender (Limonium carolinianum
is also sea lavender) bay lavender |
Boraginaceae;
borage family |
shrub up to 2 m tall; lvs oblanceolate, to 10 cm long, with silky hairs, succulent; corollas white, tinged pink in throat; frt conical-ovoid, hollowed at base, corky; coastal dunes, coastal rock barrens; Brevard, Broward, Dade, (Martin), Monroe [Keys only], Palm Beach and St. Lucie cos.; all year. |
| 16. Argythamnia blodgettii (Torr.) Chapman
| Chafin endemic |
Long and Lakela, 558
Wunderlin, 391-394 |
Blodgett's wild
mercury Blodgett's silverbush |
Euphorbiaceae;
spurge family |
plants to 60 cm tall; hairs "T" shaped, with 2 arms; alternate lvs, to 4 cm long; flrs meager; seed with caruncle; pine rocklands, wet margins and openings of hammock, coastal rock barrens; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos.; all year. |
| 17. Aristolochia pentandra Jacq.
| Chafin
|
Correll and Correll, 439-440
Long and Lakela, 370 Small, 1281-1282 Wunderlin, 268-269 |
Marsh's Dutchman's
pipe, coastal aristolochia, pitcher-plant |
Aristolochiaceae;
birthwort family |
herbaceous vine; lvs cordate, 5-10 cm long; calyx tube swollen at base on one side (vs. middle), the flared part (limb) narrow and long -pointed, veined; 5 stamens; capsule globose; hammocks; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos.; all year. |
| 18. Aristolochia tomentosa Sims
IN to KS, south to GA, FL and TX |
Clewell, 248
Gleason and Cronquist, 44 Godfrey, 156-157 Godfrey and Wooten II, 64 Small, 1282 Wunderlin, 268-269 |
pipevine
wooly Dutchman's pipe |
Aristolochiaceae;
birthwort family |
woody vine, high-climbing; lvs ovate, hairy, new growth densely and softly hairy; flrs bent into Meerschaum pipe shape, yellowish with purple orifice; fruit a capsule; floodplain forests; Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, (Gulf), Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Santa Rosa and Washington cos.; Apr. |
| 19. Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
| Atlas Coastal Plain, PA, NJ south to FL |
Cronquist, 99
Ediger and Barkley, 27 Gleason and Cronquist, 535 Radford et al., 1038* * Small, 1474* * Wunderlin, 605 |
leopard's bane
southeastern arnica |
Compositae/
Asteraceae;
daisy family tribe: Heliantheae (formerly Senecioneae) |
perennial herb, glandular and hirsute, to 0.8 m tall; basal lvs in rosettes (but opposite), sessile, elliptic to ovate, toothed to entire, with 3-7 parallel veins, to 15 cm long; stem leaves few, opposite; heads several, large, with 2 rows of equal involucral bracts, 10-15 yellow rays to 2.5 cm long, and yellow disk fls on a convex, naked receptacle; pappus of white bristles; pine flatwoods; Jackson and Liberty cos.; Apr-May. |
| 20. Arnoglossum album L. C. Anderson
endemic |
Sida 18: 377-384. 1998* * | white-flowered plantain
white Indian plantain |
Compositae/
Asteraceae;
daisy family tribe: Senecioneae |
glabrous perennial herb to 1 m tall; basal lvs to 62 cm long, with long petioles, blades ovate to oblong-lanceolate, entire, crenate, or serrate, with several parallel veins, the lateral veins appressed to midrib for 2-4 cm above base of blade before diverging; stem lvs few, alternate; heads in flattopped inflorescences, with 5 white prominently winged involucral bracts, the wings erose and highest at base, and 5 white disk flowers on a naked receptacle; pappus of white bristles; wet savannas and flatwoods; Bay and Gulf cos.; Jun-Jul. |
| 21. Asclepias curtissii Gray
| Atlas; Taylor, p. 86 endemic |
Long and Lakela, 710
Small, 1072-1073 Ward, 69 Wunderlin, 499-501 |
Curtiss' milkweed | Asclepiadaceae;
milkweed family |
lvs opposite, petiolate, 10+ mm wide; umbel stalks longer than the petioles; flrs greenish white, hoods narrowly lanceolate; dry hammocks, scrub, flatwoods; Brevard, Broward, Clay, Collier, (DeSoto), (Flagler), (Hardee), Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, (Lee), Manatee, Marion, Martin, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and (Putnam) cos.; May-Sep. |
| 22. Asclepias viridiflora Raf.
Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Eaton
|Atlas CT, NY, MI, Manitoba south to FL, AZ, Mexico |
Clewell, 251
Gleason and Cronquist, 398 Radford et al., 854. Small, 1067 (as Acerates) Wunderlin, 502 |
green-flower milkweed
green milkweed |
Apocynaceae;
dogbane family/ Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family | perennial herb with milky juice, to 0.8 m tall; lvs opposite, sessile, entire, linear to broadly oblong, elliptic, or ovateoblong, with rounded tip; fls in dense spherical sessile or short-stalked umbels in upper lf axils, pale green; cor lobes reflexed, 6-8 mm long; base of hood adjacent to cor, without a column; hood without horns; fruit to 12 cm long; calcareous woods; Jackson and Gadsden cos.; Jun. |
| 23. Asimina tetramera Small
Federal Register, 26 Sep 1986
| Atlas; Chafin; DPI poster,
plate #55
|
Small, 531
Ward, 5-6 Wunderlin, 306 |
four-petal pawpaw
scrub pawpaw |
Annonaceae;
custard-apple family |
aromatic shrub to 3 m; lvs with leathery texture; flrs in axils of new leaves; 4 sepals; 2 whorls of petals with 3 each OR, 3 in one and the other with 4; outer petals maroon; scrub; Martin and Palm Beach cos.; May-Aug. |
| 24. Asplenium auritum Swartz
Atlas uses: A. erosum L.
West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
FNA, 236
Lakela and Long, 118-119 Long and Lakela, 95 Small: ferns, 160 Ward, 6-7 Wunderlin, 51-52 |
auricled spleen-wort
eared spleenwort |
Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae/ Aspleniaceae; spleenwort family |
epiphytic fern; desiccated lvs. expand with water; lvs leathery, lf-let
segments auricled at base, with incised margins, rachis green and winged;
on trunks of large trees, mostly live oaks in mesic hammocks, strand swamp;
Citrus,
Dade, Collier, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Sumter and Volusia cos. |
| 25. Asplenium dentatum L.
[In the 1998 Rule, the name was A. trichomanes-dentatum L.] Flora North America uses: A. trichomanes-dentatum L.
| Chafin West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
FNA, 237
Lakela and Long, 114-115 Small: ferns, 158-159 Wunderlin, 51-53 |
slender spleenwort | Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae/ Aspleniaceae; spleenwort family |
fern; smallest of tropical spleenworts, to 20 cm long;
tufted from non creeping rhizome; rachis dark only at the base, winged; segments asymmetrical, toothed margins; rockland hammocks, especially on rock walls in grottos; Broward, Dade and Palm Beach cos. |
| 26. Asplenium monanthes L.
AL, AZ, NC, SC, FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America, Africa |
FNA, 237-238
Lakela and Long, 115-116 Radford et al., 32 Ward, xvii Wunderlin, 51-53 |
San Felasco spleenwort
monosoral spleenwort single sorus spleenwort |
Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae/ Aspleniaceae; spleenwort family |
fern; fronds to 30 cm tall; 3-5 cm wide; rachis purplish; segments overlap; 1 sorus per lf-let, near the margin; cultivated; upland mixed forest, limestone near streams; Alachua Co. (extirpated?) and Jackson Co. |
| 27. Asplenium pumilum Swartz
West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
FNA, 238-239
Lakela and Long, 124-125 Small: ferns, 175-176 Ward, 8 Wunderlin, 51-53 |
dwarf spleenwort
triangle spleenwort hairy spleenwort chervil spleenwort |
Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae/ Aspleniaceae; spleenwort family |
fern; usually only a few cm tall; lvs compound, lvs triangular, hairy; shaded limestone boulders and ledges; Alachua, Citrus, Hernando, Marion and Volusia cos. |
| 28. Asplenium serratum L.
| Chafin
|
FNA, 235
Lakela and Long, 125-126 Small: ferns, 152-153 Ward, 9 Wunderlin, 51-53 |
bird's nest spleenwort
American bird's nest fern wild bird's nest fern |
Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae/ Aspleniaceae; spleenwort family |
fern; roots with abundant matted hairs; vase-shaped rosette of lvs; lvs undivided, toothed; fallen logs in swamps and hammocks; Broward, Collier, Dade, Lee and Volusia cos. |
| 29. Asplenium verecundum Chapm. ex L. Underw.
Kartesz: A. myriophyllum (Sw.) C. Presl
| Chafin
|
Clewell, 47, as A.
myriophyllum FNA, 244-245 Lakela and Long, 122-123 Small: ferns, 162-163 Wunderlin, 51-53 |
delicate spleenwort
modest spleenwort |
Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae/ Aspleniaceae; spleenwort family |
fern; fronds to 30 cm long and 5 cm wide; segments alternate on rachis, each further divided into 1 to 5 parts: "lacy" appearance; spores uniform and normal; limestone in grottoes, on cliffs and boulders in shaded woods; Alachua, Citrus, Columbia, Dade, Gilchrist, Hernando, Jackson, Liberty, Marion, Orange, Sumter and Taylor cos. |
| 30. Aster hemisphericus Alexander
Wunderlin (1998) and Kartesz (1994): A. paludosus ssp. hemisphericus (Alexander) Cronq. Atlas: Eurybia hemispherica (Alexander) G.L. Nesom MO, KS, TX, AR, TN, LA, MS, AL, GA |
Clewell, 293
Cronquist, 156, as A. hemisphericus Small, 1391 Wunderlin, 607-610 |
aster
southern swamp aster |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Asteraeae. |
basal and cauline lvs grass-like; head with subtending leaf-like bracts; peduncles stout, 2-10 cm long; upland mixed open woods, sandstone outcrops; Escambia and Washington cos. |
| 31. Aster spinulosus Chapman
Atlas: Eurybia spinulosa (Chapm.) G. L. Nesom
| Chafin endemic |
Clewell, 294
Cronquist, 157 Godfrey and Wooten II, 828 Small, 1392 Wunderlin, 607-610 |
pinewoods aster
Apalachicola aster |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Asteraeae. |
basal and cauline lvs grass-like, reduced upwards, lvs entire except sometimes remotely spinulose-toothed margins; peduncles up to 1 cm long, individual heads with 8-15 ray flrs; moist to dry pinelands and swamps; Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf and (Washington) cos.; Jul-Aug. |
| 32. Baccharis dioica Vahl
FL and West Indies |
Correll and Correll, 1454-
1456 Cronquist, 167 Long and Lakela, 850-851 Small, 1397-1398 Wunderlin, 611 |
broombush falsewillow,
Vahl's baccharis, broom-bush, groundsel tree |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Asteraeae. |
shrub, many branches, to 3 m tall; lvs spathulate-obovate, 2-4 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, entire, leathery, gland-dotted; staminate heads with about 20 flrs, pistillate heads ca. 50 flrs; pappus on achenes white, 8-14 mm long; hammocks, dune hollows; Dade Co. ; fall. Extirpated? |
| 33. Balduina atropurpurea Harper
| Chafin FL, GA, SC |
Cronquist, 83
Godfrey and Wooten II, 801 Radford et al., 1120 Small, 1455, as Endorima atropurpurea Wunderlin, 611 |
purple balduina
purpledisk honeycomb- head |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Heliantheae. |
herbaceous perennial; lower cauline lvs 7-30 cm long and to 1 cm wide [B. uniflora's to 10 cm long]; 2 to 4 heads per plant; disk flowers dark purple [E. uniflora 's yellow], honey-comb-like receptacle, ray flowers yellow; pitcher plant bogs, moist pinelands, borders of shrub-tree bogs and bays; Clay, Nassau and Putnam cos.; fall. |
| 34. Baptisia megacarpa Chapman ex Torrey and A.
Gray
AL, FL, GA |
Clewell, 399
Isely, 114 Small, 677 Ward, 9-10 Wunderlin, 344-345 |
Apalachicola wild-
indigo |
Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family-- Papilionoideae; pea subfamily |
perennial herb to 1.5 m tall; lvs trifoliate, lf-lets 4-8 cm long, glabrous; corollas cream-colored; racemes terminal, 2 to 15 flrs; legume pendent, inflated; moist soil, woodlands, ravine slopes, adjacent to streams; Bay, Gadsden, Holmes, Leon, Liberty and (Washington) cos.; May. |
| 35. Basiphyllaea corallicola (Small) Ames
| Chafin
|
Correll and Correll, 340-341
Long and Lakela, 323 Luer, 228-230 Small, 393 Wunderlin, 227-232 |
Carter's orchid | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial; to 40 cm tall; fleshy corms; lvs 1 (occasionally 2), thin, to 12 cm long and 5 mm wide, sessile; infl with 3-10 flrs; flrs with greenish sepals and petals, converging over the lip, shallow pockets in rock of pine rockland; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos.; winter, but blooms infrequently. |
| 36. Bigelowia nuttallii L.C. Anderson
| Chafin
|
Clewell, 296
Cronquist, 136 Godfrey and Wooten II, 824- 825 Wunderlin., 612 |
Nuttall's rayless
goldenrod |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Astereae. |
perennial herbs to 80 cm tall; colonial; lvs narrowly linear (1-2 mm wide); upland pine flatwoods, scrub, sandstone, seepage, stream banks; Pinellas (extirpated?) and Washington cos.; Jul-Nov. |
| 37. Blechnum occidentale L.
Atlas: B. occidentale L. var. minor Hook.
FL, GA, LA, TX, West Indies, Central and South America |
FNA, 225
Lakela and Long, 100-103 Small: ferns, 138-140 Ward, 10-11 Wunderlin, 58 |
sinkhole fern
New World mid-sorus fern hammock fern |
Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae/ Blechnaceae; chain fern family |
fern; stolons; usually less than ½ m tall; compound, segments with entire (or minutely serrulate) margins; segments with long sorus along midrib; sinkholes in forests; Alachua, Citrus, Hernando and Pasco cos. |
| 38. Bonamia grandiflora (A. Gray) Haller f.
Endangered Species Act, 1973; Federal Register, 2 Nov 1987 as threatened. | Atlas; Chafin; Taylor,
p. 265
|
Small, 1080
Wunderlin, 304 Ward, 71-72 Wunderlin, 504-505 |
Florida bonamia
Florida lady's nightcap |
Convolvulaceae;
morning-glory family |
vine, does not twine or climb; lvs leathery, rounded at the base; sepals leathery, 2 cm long; corollas blue, funnel-form, 7-10 cm long; 2 stigmas; sandy soil, scrub; (Hardee), Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Marion, Orange, Polk and Sarasota cos.; Apr-Sep. |
| 39. Bourreria cassinifolia (A. Rich.) Griseb.
| Chafin; Scurlock, p. 21
|
Long and Lakela, 727
Small, 1129 Wunderlin, 515-516 |
little strongback
smooth strongback |
Boraginaceae;
borage family |
shrub; alternate, lvs entire, 1-3 cm long, glabrous, petioles less than 5 mm long; white flrs; frt orange-red, 5-7 mm wide; pine rocklands; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos.; all year. |
| 40. Bourreria radula (Poiret) G. Don
Kartesz (1994) lists B. succulenta var. revoluta (Kunth) O.E. Schulz and B. revoluta Kunth as synonyms of B. radula.. Wunderlin (1998) lists both B. succulenta and B. radula. | Scurlock, p. 23
|
Long and Lakela, 727, as
B. succulenta var. revoluta Small, 1129, as B. revoluta Wunderlin, 515-516 |
rough-strongback
rough strongback |
Boraginaceae;
borage family |
shrub or small tree; lvs entire but ciliate on margins, 3-7 cm long, rough pubescent, petioles more than 5 mm long; white flrs; frt orange-red, 9-14 mm wide; hammocks and pinelands; [Keys] Monroe Co.; all year. |
| 41. Bourreria succulenta Jacq.
A species complex: in some views, it includes B. radula; or may
be divided into ten species! [James S. Miller]
| Atlas
|
Little and Wadsworth I, 466
Wunderlin, 515-516 |
pigeon-berry
bodywood Bahama strongback |
Boraginaceae;
borage family |
small tree or shrub; lvs 4-12.5 cm long, 1-7.5 cm wide, blunt or notched at tip, lower surface with fine hairs, upper surface glabrous; petioles .5- 1 cm long; flrs white; frts orange-red, ca. 1.5 cm wide; hammocks; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos.; all year. |
| 42. Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl.
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Long and Lakela, 335
Luer, 252-254 Small 396 Wunderlin, 227-232 |
spider orchid
long-tailed brassia cricket orchid |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; pseudobulbs flattened; lvs 2, to 30 cm long and 5 cm wide; infl a raceme, to 15 flrs; flrs glossy yellowish with brownish splotches, petals and sepals long and slender (spidery), lip yellow with reddish-brown spots; rockland hammocks; Dade (extirpated?) and (Monroe) cos.; May-Jun. |
| 43. Brickellia cordifolia Elliott
| Chafin
|
Clewell, 297
Cronquist, 197 Small, 1328, as Coleosanthus Ward, 131-132 Wunderlin, 613 |
Flyr's nemesis
Flyer's [sic] nemesis Flyr's brickell-bush |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Eupatorieae. |
perennial herb; velvety, especially under lvs; lvs opposite, cordate; several heads, each with many flrs; flrs purple to dark rose or lavender, 6-9 mm long; pappus purplish, capillary; upland hardwoods; Alachua, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson and Leon cos.; Sept-Oct. |
| 44. Brickellia mosieri (Small) Shinners
Cronquist uses Kuhnia eupatorioides L. var. gracilis T. and. G. Kartesz uses B. eupatorioides L. var. floridana (R.W. Long) B.L. Turner | Chafin
|
all use Kuhnia:
Cronquist, 197-198 Long and Lakela, 876 Small, 1329 Wunderlin, 613-614 |
brickell-bush
false boneset Mosier's false boneset |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Eupatorieae. |
perennial; stems several; lvs alternate, numerous, gland-dots beneath, up to 10 cm long, 3 mm wide, entire or with tiny teeth; flrs tubular, yellow; pappus bristles plumose; pine rocklands, sandy soil over limestone; Dade Co.; Aug-Sep. |
| 45. Bulbophyllum pachyrrachis (A.Rich.) Griseb.
variant spellings: B. pachyrachis, B. pachyrhachis FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Long and Lakela, 334
Luer, 180-182 Ward, 11-12 Wunderlin, 227-232 |
rat-tail orchid | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte on Annona glabra; with short pseudobulbs, each with 2 lvs, thickened flr axis; many small flrs, greenish-yellow speckled with reddish-purple, lip appears tongue-like; strand swamps; Collier Co. (extirpated?); Nov-Jan. |
| 46. Burmannia flava Martius
| Chafin
|
Godfrey and Wooten I, 623
Long and Lakela, 306 Ward, 133-134 Wunderlin, 227 |
Fakahatchee burmannia
Fakahatchee bluethread |
Burmanniaceae;
burmannia family |
herb; slender; usually 1 flr; cauline lvs scale-like; floral wing yellow, narrow; wet flatwoods, Big Cypress Swamp; Collier and Lee cos.; Jan. |
| 47. Caesalpinia major (Medik.) Dandy and Exell
See Isely for synonymy, or Godfrey and Wooten II, 239.
[See Bell and Taylor, 156, for C. bonduc, the weedy tree] FL, pantropical |
Isely, 29
Long and Lakela, 461 Small, 667, as [sic, see Isely] Guilandina bonduc Wunderlin, 346 |
yellow nicker
yellow nicker bean Hawaii pearls [Gray nicker, C. bonduc, invades ruderal areas] |
Leguminosae/
Caesalpinioideae; legume family Caesalpinioideae, cassia subfamily |
vine to 5 m long, armed with prickles; lvs cpd, 3-5 pinnae, 4-7 pairs lflets; stipules inconspicuous to absent; flrs orange-yellow petals, stamens shorter than petals; legumes 4-9 cm long and wide, prickly; seeds 1.5 to 2 cm wide, dull yellow; coastal sands, hammocks; Dade, Martin, Monroe [Keys only] and Palm Beach cos.; all year. |
| 48. Caesalpinia pauciflora (Griseb.) C. Wright ex
Sauvalle
| Atlas; Chafin
|
Isely, 29-30
Long and Lakela, 461 Small, 667 Wunderlin, 346 |
fewflower holdback | Leguminosae/
Caesalpinioideae; legume family Caesalpinioideae, cassia subfamily |
scrambling shrub, to 2 m; armed with prickles; lvs cpd, 3-5 pinnae, 4-7 pairs lflets, stipules inconspicuous or as prickles; flrs yellow petals, stamens longer (slightly) than petals; legume papery, 2-4 cm and .8- 1 cm, not prickly; seed less than 1 cm wide; hammocks, dry pinelands, palmetto-pine, roadsides; Monroe Co. [Keys only] ; all year. |
| 49. Calamintha georgiana (R. M. Harper) Shinners
| Atlas
|
Clewell, 379-381
Godfrey, 403, 404 Radford et al., 916 Wunderlin, 528 |
Georgia calamint
Georgia satureja Georgia basil |
Labitae/Lamiaceae;
mint family |
low, sprawling shrub, exfoliating bark; lvs indistinctly punctate, sparsely pubescent, to 3.5 cm long, ovate, those on short branches appear fascicled; flrs 3 per axil of each leaf pair, 2-lipped, white tube and lips lavender-pink with darker purple spots on lower lip; 4 1 mm wide nutlets; dry woodlands, ancient terraces along rivers and streams; Holmes and Escambia cos. Fall. |
| 50. Callirhoe papaver (Cav.) A. Gray
| Atlas; Bell and Taylor,
p. 100
|
Clewell, 427
Small, 852 Ward, 72-73 Wunderlin, 426-427 |
poppy mallow
woodland poppy mallow |
Malvaceae;
mallow family |
perennial herb; deep taproot; to 1/3 m tall; lvs with 5 linear lobes; flrs 1 per flower stalk, deep crimson or magenta, about 6 cm across; calyx with 3 thin bracts beneath; upland mixed forest, roadside; Alachua, Gadsden, Jackson and Leon cos. Mar-Jun, Aug (2nd flowering period). |
| 51. Calopogon multiflorus Lindl.
| Atlas; Chafin; Taylor, p. 242 FL, MS, AL, GA |
Clewell, 184-185
Godfrey and Wooten I, 660- 661 Long and Lakela, 316 Luer, 60-62 Small, 377, as Limodorum Wunderlin, 233 |
many-flowered grass-
pink |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial; to 30 cm tall; lvs 1 or 2, to 10 cm long and 3 mm wide; infl racemose, dense, up to 15 flrs; flrs deep-rose, petals widest above the middle, lip uppermost and with a tuft of bright orange hairs; damp pinelands and meadows (fire maintained); historic records from: Alachua, Brevard, Clay, Collier, Dade (extirpated?), Dixie, Duval, Franklin, Hardee, (Hernando), Highlands, (Hillsborough), Indian River, Lee, Levy, Liberty, Manatee, (Martin), Nassau, Okaloosa, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas, Putnam, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie and Walton cos.; Mar-Jul. |
| 52. Calycanthus floridus L.
| Atlas; Bell and Taylor,
p. 62
|
Clewell, 259
Gleason and Cronquist, 40 Godfrey, 177-179 Godfrey and Wooten II, 233, 234 Radford et al., 476-477 Small, 631 Wunderlin, 305 |
sweet shrub
Carolina-allspice bubby-shrub |
Calycanthaceae;
calycanthus family |
shrub, colonial; aromatic; lvs opposite, to 14 cm long, entire margins; flrs with many maroon tepal; poisonous achenes inside a fleshy receptacle; slope forest, bottomland forest; Escambia, Franklin, (Gadsden), Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee and Walton cos.; spring. |
| 53. Calyptranthes zuzygium (L.) Sw.
| Atlas; Chafin; Scurlock,
p. 33
|
Correll and Correll, 1040-
1041 Long and Lakela, 642 Small, 938 Wunderlin, 453 |
myrtle-of-the-river | Myrtaceae;
myrtle family |
shrub or small tree; stem not winged; lvs opposite, subsessile; inflor. glabrous; flrs apetalous; calyx lid-like, deciduous at flowering; berry dark red, 8-10 mm wide; rockland hammocks, maritime hammocks; Dade and Monroe [incl. Keys] cos. |
| 54. Calystegia catesbaeiana Pursh
variant spellings: C. catesbeiana, C. catesbiana
| Chafin
|
Austin, Fl. Scientist
vol.55, p.59 Clewell, 331 as C. spithamaea Radford et al., 864-865 Wunderlin, 505 |
Catesby's bindweed
Catesby's false bindweed |
Convolvulaceae;
morning-glory family |
herb; stems erect or decumbent, rarely twining; lvs to 5 cm long, basally lobed; flrs axillary from lower axils only; corollas white, to 5 cm long and wide; wiregrass-longleaf pine, sandhill; Jackson Co.; Apr. |
| 55. Campanula robinsiae Small
Federal Register, 27 July 1989 | Chafin
|
Small, 1289-1290
Wunderlin, 589 |
Chinsegut bellflower
Robin's bellflower |
Campanulaceae;
bellflower family |
annual herb, sprawling; lv margins entire or faintly toothed; solitary open flrs, deep purple, 7-8 mm wide, sepals 1 to 2.5 mm long; many inconspicuous cleistogamous fls; edge of ponds, wet hammocks; Hernando Co.; Apr. |
| 56. Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum (Reichenb. f.)
Rolfe
| Bell and Taylor, p. 28;
Chafin
|
Long and Lakela, 327
Luer, 274-276 Small, 398 Ward, 12-13 Wunderlin, 227, 233 |
leafless orchid
ribbon orchid leafless bentspur orchid |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphytic on pond apple, pop ash, etc.; no lvs; abbreviated stem; roots synthesize, dark green to red and not spotted; many flrs, densely 2-ranked, sessile flrs, yellow to orange; Fakahatchee Strand, Collier and Lee cos.; Sep-Oct. |
| 57. Campyloneurum angustifolium (Swartz) Fée
synonym: Polypodium angustifolium Swartz
| Chafin
|
FNA, 328
Lakela and Long, 92-93 Long and Lakela, 82 Small: ferns, 85-86 Ward, 13-13 Wunderlin, 45 |
narrow strap fern | Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae; polypody family |
epiphytic fern; lvs nearly linear, up to 40 cm long, entire margins, no indusia, scattered sori; epiphyte; rockland hammocks, strand swamps; Collier, Dade (extirpated?) and Monroe [not Keys] cos. |
| 58. Campyloneurum costatum (Kuntze) C. Presl
FL, West Indies, Central and South America |
FNA, 328
Lakela and Long, 94-95 Long and Lakela, 83 Small, fern, 88, 90-91 Wunderlin, 45 |
tailed strap fern | Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae; polypody family |
epiphytic fern; recognized by the long slender tip of the strap-like frond (leaf); leaf blade to 40 cm long and 6 cm wide, leathery, tip abruptly attenuate (tailed), veins obscure; strand swamps, rockland hammocks; Dade (extirpated?) and Collier cos. |
| 59. Campyloneurum latum T. Moore
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
FNA, 329
Lakela and Long, 95 Long and Lakela, 83 Small, ferns, 88-89 |
wide strap fern | Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae; polypody family |
epiphytic fern; leaf blade to 60 cm long and 9 cm wide, leathery, tip acute but not tailed, vein prominent, dark-green; rockland hammocks; Dade (extirpated?) and Monroe cos. (Native to Florida?) |
| 60. Canella winteriana (L.) Gaertn.
| Atlas; Scurlock, p. 34
|
Correll and Correll, 532-533
Long and Lakela, 614, as C. alba Small, 865 Wunderlin, 441 |
wild-cinnamon
cinnamon-bark pepper cinnamon |
Canellaceae;
wild cinnamon family |
tree to 10 m tall; stems with large lf scars; lvs aromatic and dotted with glands, alternate, obtuse tips, cuneate base; flrs small, with 3 sepals, 5 petals, crimson, stamen tube, anthers reddish; berry crimson to black, 1 cm wide; maritime and rockland hammocks; Collier, Dade and Monroe [incl. Keys] cos.; summer, fall. |
| 61. Carex chapmanii Steud.
endemic |
Clewell, 82
Small, 214 Wunderlin, 150 |
Chapman's sedge | Cyperaceae;
sedge family |
herb; cespitose, clumps with horizontal stolons; stems to 30 cm tall; terminal spike staminate, scales yellowish-brown; 2-4 pistillate spikes, achene sac with prominent beak 1.5 mm long, achene triangular; hammocks, woodlands; Alachua, Clay, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, (Franklin), Hernando, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lake, Levy, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, Sumter, Taylor, Volusia and Wakulla cos.; spring. |
| 62. Carex microdonta Torrey and Hooker
FL, LA, MS, MO, OK, TX |
Correll and Johnston, 324
Godfrey and Wooten I, 437, 440 Small, 219 Wunderlin, 152 |
little-tooth carex
little tooth sedge |
Cyperaceae;
sedge family |
herbaceous perennial with creeping rhizomes to 15 cm long; 2-5 spikelets per stem; terminal spikelet staminate; lower pistillate spikelet emerges from sheath of stem bracts; achene sac 2.5-4 mm long, basally rounded, with 0.7 mm tubular beak with tiny 2-toothed apex, reddish-brown; achenes 3-sided; upland glades; Gadsden Co.; spring. |
| 63. Cassia keyensis (Pennell) J. F. Macbr.
Isely uses Chamaecrista lineata (Swartz) Greene var. keyensis (Pennell) Irwin and Barneby.
| Atlas; Scurlock, p. 40
|
Isely, 33
Long and Lakela, 457 Small, 663 Ward, 73-74 Wunderlin, 348 |
Keys cassia
Big Pine partridge pea narrowpod sensitive pea |
Leguminosae/
Caesalpiniaceae; legume family Caesalpinioideae, cassia subfamily |
perennial with woody rootstock; numerous stems, prostrate; lvs alternate, cpd with 4-7 pairs of lf-lets; petiole below 1st pair of lf-lets has a small flat gland; flrs axillary; 2 bracteoles; flr 2 cm across, 5 yellow petals with orange markings basally; 10 stamens, anthers red or yellow and red; bean with 8-12 seeds; pine rocklands, resistant to fire; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos.; Apr-Nov. |
| 64. Catesbaea parviflora Swartz
| Atlas; Chafin; Scurlock,
p. 43
|
Correll and Correll, 1381-
1383 Small, 1257-1258 Ward, 14-15 Wunderlin, 576 |
small-flowered lily
thorn |
Rubiaceae;
madder family |
shrub, up to 2 m tall; stiff, clothed with small lvs (to 1 cm long) from which spines protrude; flrs single on spur shoots, white, 4 mm long, 4 lobed; frt 2-4 mm long; pine rocklands, dunes, coastal strand; Monroe Co. [Keys only]. |
| 65. Catopsis berteroniana (J.A. and J.H. Schultes)
Mez
FL, West Indies, Central and South America |
Correll and Correll, 273-274
Long and Lakela, 268 Small, 272 Ward, 74-75 Wunderlin, 193 |
airplant
powdery strap airplant |
Bromeliaceae;
pineapple family |
epiphyte; rosettes to 7 dm tall; lvs yellowish green, white powdery covering; scape stout, erect, with 15-50 flrs; petals white, shorter than sepals; anthers open daytime; seeds sprout on capsule; tidal swamp, rockland hammocks; (Collier), Dade and Monroe [not Keys] cos.; all year. |
| 66. Catopsis floribunda L. B. Smith
FL, West Indies, Central and South America |
Correll and Correll, 274-275
Long and Lakela, 268 Wunderlin, 193 |
many-flowered airplant
Florida strap airplant |
Bromeliaceae;
pineapple family |
epiphyte; to 7 dm tall; blades long-attenuate from dilated bases; flowering stalk with 15-50 flrs; sepals 9 mm or less long; petals yellow or white, exceed sepals, anther open daytime; strand swamp, rockland hammocks; Broward, Collier, Dade and Monroe cos. |
| 67. Catopsis nutans (Swartz) Griseb.
endemic? |
Long and Lakela, 268
Small, 272 Ward, 15-16 Wunderlin, 193 |
nodding catopsis
nodding strap airplant |
Bromeliaceae;
pineapple family |
epiphyte; small rosettes, with lvs to 14 cm long, blades taper to acute tip; flower stalk with 3-10 flrs; orange-yellow flrs, ca. 2 cm long, anthers open night; sepals 15+ mm long; deep cypress swamp; Fakahatchee Strand, Collier Co.; Aug-Oct. |
| 68. Celosia nitida Vahl
FL, TX, West Indies, Central and South America |
Correll and Correll, 477-478
Correll and Johnson, 553 Long and Lakela, 384 Small, 471 Wunderlin, 283 |
West Indian cock's-
comb albahaca slender celosia |
Amaranthaceae;
amaranth family |
perennial herb to 1.5 m tall; young stems reddish; lvs alternate, deltoid-ovate; flrs with no petals and in spikes to 3 cm long, sepals ca. 5 mm long, brownish, firm; both anthers and pistils; numerous seeds ca. 1 mm long; hardwood hammocks, coastal dunes; Dade, Lake, Lee, Monroe [Keys only] cos.; summer. |
| 69. Celtis iguanaea (Jacq.) Sarg.
| Chafin
|
Correll and Correll, 412-413
Long and Lakela, 359 Small, 443 Ward, 16-17 Wunderlin, 260 |
iguana hackberry
[iguanas eat the fruit] |
Ulmaceae;
elm family |
shrub, spreading; stipular spines; alternate lvs papery, 3-nerved, margins with tiny teeth, not sandpapery; yellowish-green flrs; drupes 8-12 mm long, edible; medicinal uses; shell mounds, tidal swamps; Lee and Collier cos. |
| 70. Celtis pallida Torrey
FL, TX, Mexico |
Long and Lakela, 359
Small, 443 Ward, 17-18 Wunderlin, 260-261 |
spiny hackberry
desert hackberry |
Ulmaceae;
elm family |
shrub; stout straight spines at nodes; lvs succulent, obtuse, less than 2.5 cm long, margins with rounded teeth, rough texture like sandpaper; flrs in summer; yellow to orange drupes in fall; shell mounds, maritime hammocks; Mound Key in Lee Co..; Jun-Aug. |
| 71. Centrosema arenicola (Small) F. J. Herm.
| Chafin
|
Isely, 117
Small, 721, as Bradburya Wunderlin, 347-348 |
sand butterfly pea
pineland butterfly pea |
Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family Papilionoideae; pea subfamily |
perennial herbaceous vine to 3 m long; 3 lflets, 2-5 cm long, ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous; dorsal calyx lobe 8-11 mm long, the 2-parted lower one 7-8 mm long; petals lavender, pink or white, 2.5-3 cm long, resupinate; legume linear, 7-12 cm long; open, mixed woodlands, pine or oak-palmetto thickets; Brevard, Citrus, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Marion, Orange, Pasco, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia cos.; summer, fall. |
| 72. Cereus robinii (Lemaire) L. Benson
Endangered Species Act, 1973; Federal Register, 19 July 1984. synonym: Pilosocereus robinii (Lem.) Byles and Rowley
| Atlas; Chafin
|
Benson, 572-574
Long and Lakela, 630 Small, 916-917 Ward, 19-20 Wunderlin, 448, as Pilosocereus |
tree cactus
Key tree cactus |
Cactaceae;
cactus family |
tree; stems to 10 m and 8-10 cm thick; with 9 or 10 ridges; floral tube broad, less than 1.5 cm long, petals short and broad; flrs with odor of garlic; rockland hammocks; Monroe Co. [Keys only]. |
| 73. Chamaesyce cumulicola Small
| Chafin
|
Clewell, 354
Long and Lakela, 551 Small, 794 Wunderlin, 395-397 |
sand dune spurge
coastal dune sandmat |
Euphorbiaceae;
spurge family |
prostrate herb; stringlike, zig-zag stems; lvs similar in size, elliptic; capsule glabrous; seed terete, 1-1.4 mm long; coastal dunes, coastal scrub; Brevard, Broward, Collier, Escambia, Hernando, Highlands, Lee, Martin, Palm Beach, Pinellas, St. Johns and Volusia cos. |
| 74. Chamaesyce deltoidea (Engelm. ex Chapm.)
Small Endangered Species Act:1973; Federal Register 18 July 1985 as Euphorbia deltoidea ssp. deltoidea; includes ssp. adherens | Chafin
|
Long and Lakela, 551
Small, 795 Wunderlin, 397 [3 subspecies] |
rockland spurge | Euphorbiaceae;
spurge family |
prostrate herb, delicate; lvs 2-5 mm long, obtuse, entire; capsule
pubescent, ca 1.5 mm wide; pine rocklands; Mar-Nov;
ssp. adherens, deltoidea, pinetorum -- Dade Co.; ssp. serpyllum -- Monroe Co. [Keys only]. |
| 75. Chamaesyce garberi (Engelm. ex Chapman) Small
Federal Register, threatened: 18 July 1985 as Euphorbia garberi | Chafin
|
Long and Lakela, 553-554
Small, 795 Wunderlin, 398 |
Garber's spurge | Euphorbiaceae;
spurge family |
prostrate herb, robust; lvs 4-9 mm long, entire to obscurely serrate; capsule pubescent, ca. 1.5 mm wide; pine rocklands, coastal berm, coastal grassland; Dade and Monroe cos.; all year. |
| 76. Chamaesyce porteriana Small
var. keyensis (Small) Burch is intended by Council; Kartesz uses: C. x keyensis Small | Atlas endemic |
Long and Lakela, 550
Small, 795 Wunderlin, 398 |
Porter's spurge | Euphorbiaceae;
spurge family |
bushy herb, erect; lvs entire; capsules glabrous; coastal grassland, coastal strand, coastal rock barrens; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos. |
| 77. Cheilanthes microphylla (Swartz) Swartz
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Clewell, 47
FNA, 166 Lakela and Long, 69 Small: ferns, 130, 132 Ward, 134 Wunderlin, 41 |
southern lip fern | Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae; polypody family |
fern; horizontal stems 1-3 mm wide, long creeping; frond 2-compound to 3-compound, lanceolate, with scattered hairs; petiole less than 25 cm long; sori continuous along margins; upland mixed forest, shell mounds, limestone outcrop in cedars; Alachua, Citrus, Collier, Dade, Duval, Monroe and Washington cos. |
| 78. Chionanthus pygmaeus Small
Federal Register, 21 Jan 1987
endemic | AtlasChafin; Taylor, p. 81; Nelson, plate #107; DPI poster, plate #16 |
Small, 1042
Ward, 20 Wunderlin, 486 |
pygmy fringe-tree | Oleaceae;
olive family |
shrub; leathery, opposite, deciduous lvs with black petioles; drupe
2 -2.5 cm long (C. virginicus less than 2 cm long); petals usually
less than 1 cm long (C. virginicus 2-3 cm long petals); low nutrient
levels, sandy, dry soil of central Fl scrub; Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake,
Manatee, Osceola, Polk and Seminole cos.; Mar-Apr. |
| 79. Chrysopsis cruiseana Dress
Kartesz: C. gossypina (Michaux) Elliott ssp. cruiseana (Dress) Semple. Cronquist does not use or refer to cruiseana at all. USDA uses Heterotheca. endemic |
Clewell, 300, as C.
cruiseana Ward, 76-77 Wunderlin, 617, as Kartesz |
Cruise's golden-aster | Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Astereae. |
herb; stems and lvs densely floccose, not grass-like; involucres not
stipitate glandular, bracts pubescent or stipitate-glandular; dunes, scrub,
coastal grassland, openings and blowouts; Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa
and Walton cos.; Oct-Nov. |
| 80. Chrysopsis floridana Small
Endangered Species Act: 1973; Federal Register, 16 May 1986
| Atlas; Chafin endemic |
Cronquist, 112, as C.
scabrella Torrey and Gray Long and Lakela, 856 Small, 1339 Ward, 21 Wunderlin, 617 |
Florida's golden-aster
Florida goldenaster |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Astereae. |
stems and lvs white cottony pubescent; upper lvs toms-tomentose and stems hairs appressed; inflor. with many heads in panicle; bracts acute; flr head 2 cm across, yellow florets; sand pine scrub, on bare sand; Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee and Pinellas cos.; Sep-Nov. |
| 81. Chrysopsis godfreyi Semple
| Chafin FL and Baldwin Co., AL |
Clewell, 298
Canadian J. Bot. 56 (17): 2092-2096, Semple reports that C. lanuginosa Small is a close relative. Wunderlin, 617 |
Godfrey's golden-aster | Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Astereae. |
biennial or perennial herbs, to 50 cm tall; lvs of basal rosette to 10 cm long, wooly; stem lvs linear to ovate, entire, wooly or glabrous always densely stipitate glandular, abruptly to gradually reduced below inflor.; bracts subulate with spreading to recurved tips, in 4-5 series, stipitate glandular; few heads in corymb or corymbose panicle (compare with C. floridana); dunes and scrub; Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton cos. |
| 82. Cienfuegosia yucatanensis Millsp.
|Chafin; Scurlock, p. 51 FL, Cuba, Mexico |
Correll and Correll, 926
Long and Lakela, 593 Small, 860 as C. heterophylla Wunderlin, 427 |
yellow hibiscus
Yucatan flymallow |
Malvaceae;
mallow family |
shrubs or woody herbs; resembles Hibiscus; glabrous throughout; lvs entire, 2-6 cm long, some lower lvs trilobed but most lvs ovate or elliptic; petals yellow; involucel of 6 to 9 bracts; capsule 6-8 mm long; rockland hammocks, marine tidal marsh, coastal berm, coastal rock barrens; Monroe [Keys only] and (Palm Beach) cos.; all year. |
| 83. Cissampelos pareira L.
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, Australia |
Correll and Correll, 530-531
Long and Lakela, 416-418 Small, 538 Wunderlin, 303 |
pareira brava
velvety cissampelos |
Menispermaceae;
moonseed family |
vine, to 5+ m; lvs ovate to suborbicular, entire, transparent glands, tomentose, palmately veined, tips may be notched; staminate flrs in axillary panicles, each ca.. 2 mm wide, 4 united petals; pistillate flrs fewer, in bracted clusters along a rachis, 1 petal per flr, stigma 3-lobed; frt 1-seeded drupe, 4-5 mm long, hairy; hammocks; Dade Co.; summer. Extirpated? |
| 84. Cladonia perforata Evans
Federal Register, 27 April 1993 | Chafin endemic |
Fed. Register | Florida perforate
cladonia |
lichen | forms dense clusters 20-60 mm tall; surface of branches glossy, smooth; circular openings just above the branching; rosemary sandhills; Highlands, Manatee, Martin, Okaloosa, Palm Beach and Polk cos. |
| 85. Clitoria fragrans Small
Federal Register, 27 April 1993 as threatened
| Atlas; Chafin endemic |
Isely, 153
Small, 722 Ward, 77-79 Wunderlin, 349 |
pigeon wings
butterfly pea sweetscented pigeonwings |
Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family Papilionoideae; pea subfamily |
perennial herb; lvs trifoliate, lflets have obtuse tips; chasmogamous flrs in pairs, showy, 4.5-5 cm, pale purple with purple lines on the standard, fragrant, twisted to turn flr upside down; cleistogamous flrs small and hidden in the calyx and bloom late in season; bean 5-8 cm long; sandhill, scrub, scrubby flatwoods, roadside; Highlands, Lake, Orange, Osceola and Polk cos.; Apr-Jul. |
| 86. Colubrina arborescens (P.Mill.) Sarg.
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central America | Atlas; Nelson, plate #110; Scurlock, p. 59 |
Correll and Correll, 891-892
Long and Lakela, 581-582 Small, 834, as C. colubrina Wunderlin, 420 |
greenheart
wild coffee common snake-bark bitters |
Rhamnaceae;
buckthorn family |
shrub or tree, to 7 m tall; young stems rusty tomentose; lvs ovate, elliptic, or oblanceolate, 5-15 cm long, entire, tips blunt, acute to acuminate, shining green above, rusty pubescent below with scattered black glands; inflor axillary umbel-like cymes; flrs with 5 hooded, yellow petals ca. 2.5 mm long, opposite and enfolding the stamens; frts ca. 1 cm wide, nearly black, hard, 3-lobed capsule; hammocks; Collier and Monroe (incl. Keys) cos.; all year. |
| 87. Colubrina cubensis (Jacq.) Brongn.
[intended: var. floridana M. C. Johnston] | Atlas; Chafin FL, West Indies |
Correll and Correll, 892, 893
Long and Lakela, 581 Small, 834 Wunderlin, 420 |
colubrina
Cuban snake-bark Cuban nakedwood |
Rhamnaceae;
buckthorn family |
shrub or small tree; stems and lvs velutinous; lvs elliptic, 4-9 cm long; peduncles usually longer than petioles; flrs as above; frts 7 mm across; hammocks, pinelands; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos.; all year. |
| 88. Colubrina elliptica (Sw.) Briz. and Stern.
| Atlas; Nelson, plate #111;Scurlock, p. 61 FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and northern South America |
Correll and Correll, 892-894
Long and Lakela, 582 Small, 832, as C. reclinata Wunderlin, 420 |
soldierwood
smooth snake-bark naked-wood |
Rhamnaceae;
buckthorn family |
shrub or tree to 20 m; trunk with serpentine-furrowed, orange-brown bark exfoliating in thin layers; young twigs finely hairy; lvs ovate, lanceolate to elliptic, thin and soft, entire, ca. 4-8 cm long, 2 marginal glands at base; flrs as above, but greenish; frt orange-red capsule, explosively dehiscent; hammocks; Dade and Monroe [Keys only]; all year. |
| 89. Conradina brevifolia Shinners
Federal Register, 12 July 1993 Kartesz: Conradina canescens A. Gray endemic |
SIDA 1:84-88, 1962
Wunderlin, 529, as Kartesz |
short-leaved rosemary
false rosemary |
Labiatae/
Lamiaceae; mint family |
very similar to C. canescens: shorter lvs (6.0-8.2 mm vs. 7.0-20 mm); more flrs (1-6 flrs per axil vs. 1-3 flrs per axil); sand pine scrub of Lake Wales Ridge; Highlands and Polk cos. |
| 90. Conradina etonia Kral and McCartney
Federal Register, 12 July 1993 | Atlas; Chafin endemic |
SIDA 14(3): 391-398,
1991 Wunderlin, 529 |
Etonia rosemary
Etonia false rosemary |
Labiatae/
Lamiaceae; mint family |
shrubs to 1.5 m tall; lvs with lateral veins evident on the undersurface; flrs similar to C. grandiflora; anthers with long fringe of white hairs; clearings in white sand scrub; Putnam Co.; Sep-Oct. |
| 91. Conradina glabra Shinners
Federal Register, 12 July 1993
| Atlas; Chafin endemic |
Clewell, 382
Godfrey, 405-407 Ward, 81 Wunderlin, 529 |
Apalachicola rosemary
Apalachicola false rosemary |
Labiatae/
Lamiaceae; mint family |
shrub; minty scent; much branched; lvs to 15 mm long, opposite, edges
turned under, grayish because of hairs; flrs
white tinged pink, dots in throat, flr tube strongly bent, in lv axils; calyx tube not hairy ["glabra"]; sandhills; [Franklin Co., not documented] Liberty and Santa Rosa cos. [Earlier collection from Santa Rosa incorrect.] Mar-Jun. |
| 92. Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Nutt.
ME and VT to NY, MI, MN, south to FL, TX, Mexico, Central America |
Clewell, 185
Gleason and Cronquist, 863, Luer, 178-179 Radford et al., 354-355 Small, 389 Wunderlin, 233 |
autumn coralroot | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial, to 20 cm tall; white underground base (shaped like a tooth); saprophytic, lvs reduced to scales; flrs open partially, reddish-purple sepals and petals converge over column, lip white with purple spots, lip protrudes; upland hardwood forest; Columbia Co. |
| 93. Cordia globosa (Jacq.) Kunth
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and northern South America | Atlas; Scurlock, p. 64 |
Correll and Correll, 1198,
1199 Long and Lakela, 728 Small, 1129, as Varronia Wunderlin, 516 |
Curaçao bush
bloodberry |
Boraginaceae;
borage family |
shrub, to 3 m tall; lvs evergreen, 4 cm long, elliptic to lanceolate, toothed margins, grayish-green due to appressed hairs, veins prominent; inflor. scorpioid, terminal, head-like clusters; corollas white, short funnelform, to 9 mm long; style twice bifid; frt a fleshy red drupe partially enclosed in calyx; hammocks; Dade and Monroe cos.; all year. |
| 94. Coreopsis integrifolia Poiret
| Chafin FL, GA, SC |
Clewell, 302-304
Cronquist, 58 Godfrey and Wooten II, 776, 780-781 Small, 1450 Wunderlin, 621 |
dye-flower
fringeleaf tickseed |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Heliantheae. |
herbaceous perennial; to 1 m tall; lvs simple, opposite, elliptic to ovate, to 6 cm long, margins ciliate at the bases and on the petioles; disc flrs 4-lobed, ray flrs 3-lobed at tips; floodplains, riverbanks; Calhoun, Jackson, Nassau and Washington cos.; late summer. |
| 95. Cornus alternifolia L. f.
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to MN, south to FL, AL and AR | Atlas |
Clewell, 336
Godfrey, 215-217 Radford et al., 792 Small, 957-958 Ward, 21-22 Wunderlin, 473 |
pagoda dogwood
alternate-leaf dogwood pagoda cornel umbrella cornel |
Cornaceae;
dogwood family |
small tree; alternate branches form umbrella shaped tree; lvs alternate; flrs tiny, cream, grouped into a flat cluster to 6 cm wide; frts dark blue, with waxy bloom; rich woods near small streams; Calhoun, Gadsden, Leon and Walton cos.; Apr-May. |
| 96. Cranichis muscosa Swartz
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Correll and Correll, 349-350
Luer, 86 Wunderlin, 234 |
moss orchid
cypresssknee helmet orchid |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial herb; thick, fleshy roots at base of stem; leafy rosette, leaves with petioles; raceme, flowers small, white, yellow-green speckles, lip is uppermost, sepals free to base and not adnate to the lip; ovary glabrous; rockland hammocks; Collier, Dade (extirpated?), and Lee cos.; Jan-Feb. |
| 97. Crataegus phaenopyrum (L. f.) Medik.
| Chafin DE and PA, west to IL, MO, KY, TN, south to GA, AL and FL |
Godfrey, 556-558
Radford et al., 562-563 Small, 644 Wunderlin, 327-328 |
Washington thorn
hedge thorn red haw Washington hawthorn |
Rosaceae;
rose family |
tree, to 10 m tall; lvs cordate-deltoid to ovate, toothed, 3-lobed(look like tiny maple lvs); corollas white; fruits scarlet, 4-6 mm wide; streambanks, edges of wet areas; Liberty, Wakulla, Walton and Washington cos.; May. |
| 98. Croomia pauciflora (Nutt.) Torrey
| Atlas; Chafin FL, GA and AL |
Clewell, 194
Ward, 22-23 Small, 309 Ward, 22 Wunderlin, 204 |
croomia | Croomiaceae/
Stemonaceae/ Liliaceae; croomia family |
colonial herb, with rhizomes; lvs ovate, cordate at base, prominent veins; flrs in axils, 4 perianth parts, 4 stamens; rich hardwood forest ravines and bluffs, Apalachicola River; Gadsden and Liberty cos.; Mar-Apr. |
| 99. Crotalaria avonensis K.R. Delaney and
Wunderlin Federal Register, 27 April 1993
| Atlas; Chafin endemic |
SIDA 13:315-324, 1989
Wunderlin, 350-351 |
Avon Park harebells
Avon Park rattlebox |
Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family Papilionoideae; pea subfamily |
perennial herb; flr-stems may originate 4" below surface and above soil for only a few centimeters; no stipules; lvs 1-2 cm long, obtuse, coated with whitish hairs; yellow corollas 8-9 mm long, keel petal shorter than wing petals; style bases not elbowed; bean inflated, 1.4-2.5 cm long; bare white sand, partial shade; Lake Wales Ridge, Highlands and Polk cos.; dormant winter until Mar. |
| 100. Croton humilis L.
FL, TX , West Indies and Mexico [See Taylor, 62-63; Bell and Taylor, 105, for other Croton spp.] |
Correll and Correll, 790-792
Correll and Johnston, 931 Long and Lakela, 538 Small, 782, as C. berlandieri Wunderlin, 399-400 |
pepperbush
salvia |
Euphorbiaceae;
spurge family |
shrub, to 1 m tall; lvs ovate, entire (may have tiny glandular teeth at base), stellate pubescence not dense on lower surface; staminate flrs with short petals, pistillate flrs lack petals; hammocks, disturbed sites; Dade, Collier and Monroe cos.; all year. |
| 101. Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC.
Que, N.B. to Man, south to GA, FL, AL and TX |
Clewell, 504
Godfrey and Wooten II, 457 Radford et al., 780-781 Small, 970 Ward, 23-24 Wunderlin, 467 |
honewort
wild chervil Canadian honewort |
Umbelliferae/
Apiaceae; carrot family |
perennial herb; up to 80 cm tall; lvs cpd, with dilated stalks, long on lower lvs, shorter on upper lvs; flrs white, clustered; floodplain forest; Gadsden, Jackson and Liberty cos.; Apr-Jul. |
| 102. Ctenitis sloanei (Poepp. ex Spreng.) C.V.
Morton synonym: Dryopteris ampla (Humb. and Bonp.) Kuntze
FL, West Indies, Central and South America |
FNA, 302
Lakela and Long, 157 Long and Lakela, 98-99 Small,: ferns, 290, 292-293 Wunderlin, 55-56 |
red-hair comb fern
Florida tree fern |
Pteridophyta--
Dryopteridaceae, Polypodiaceae; wood fern family |
stolons absent; sterile and fertile leaves similar in appearance, deltoid; veins free or only casually netted, petiole scales a tangled tuft of multicellular hairs with reddish crosswalls; sori round, indusia soon deciduous (appears absent); limestone ledges, rockland hammocks, cypress strand swamps; Broward, Collier, Dade, Manatee and Polk cos. |
| 103. Ctenitis submarginalis (Langsd. and Fischer)
Ching synonym: Thelypteris submarginalis (Langsd. and Fisch.) Small
FL, LA, West Indies, Central and South America |
FNA, 302
Lakela and Long, 157 Long and Lakela, 98 Small: ferns, 258-260 Wunderlin, 55-56 |
brown-hair comb fern | Pteridophyta--
Dryopteridaceae; wood fern family |
stolons absent; sterile and fertile leaves similar in appearance, linear-oblong; veins free or only casually netted, petiole scales not densely tangled; sori round, indusia soon deciduous (appears absent); cypress swamps, rockland hammocks, spoil banks; Broward, Collier, (Dade), Hardee, (Palm Beach) and Seminole cos. |
| 104. Ctenium floridanum (A.S. Hitchcock) A. S.
Hitchcock
| Chafin FL and GA |
Godfrey and Wooten, II-210
and 212 Hall, 198-199 Hitchcock and Chase, 516 Jones and Coile, 34 Small, 114, as Campulosus Wunderlin, 96 |
Florida toothache grass | Gramineae/
Poaceae; grass family |
herb, slender scaly rhizomes; immediately recognizable by its solitary curved one-side spike which resembles a toothbrush; no glands on the 2nd glume, and a more slender awn than for C. aromaticum; pinelands; Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns cos. |
| 105. Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) Bailey
Federal Register, 12 July 1993
| Chafin endemic |
Long and Lakela, 814
Small, 1286 Ward, 81-83 Wunderlin, 587 Syst. Botany 18(2):175-187 |
Okeechobee gourd Indian pumpkin | Cucurbitaceae;
gourd family |
vine; lvs with 5 to 7 lobes, clammy pubescence; flrs cream colored; frt to 9 cm wide, globose, green streaked or flecked with white; wet hammocks, ditch banks; Glades, Lake, Palm Beach, Seminole and Volusia cos.; Mar-May. |
| 106. Cupania glabra Swartz
| Atlas; Chafin; Scurlock, p. 70 FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central America |
Long and Lakela, 575
Small, 829 Ward, 24-25 |
cupania
Florida toadwood American toadwood |
Sapindaceae;
soapberry family |
small tree; lvs alternate, cpd with 6 -12 lf-lets, shallowly toothed; small flrs in panicle; capsules top-shaped, each with 3 seeds; rockland hammocks; (Dade) and Monroe [Keys only] cos.; fall. |
| 107. Cuphea aspera Chapman
| Chafin endemic |
Clewell, 425
Godfrey and Wooten II, 377- 378 Small, 932, as Parsonia lythroides Wunderlin, 450 |
tropical waxweed
Chapman's waxweed |
Lythraceae;
loosestrife family |
perennial, to .5 m tall, roots fusiform distally; lvs whorled, to 2 cm long; flrs opposite or whorled, pedicels 5-15 mm long, 6 lavender or white petals, hypanthium with glandular hairs; flatwoods; Calhoun, Franklin and Gulf cos.; May-Jul. |
| 108. Cynoglossum virginianum L.
| Atlas CN south to FL, west to IL, OK, LA |
Clewell, 256
Radford et al., 880 Small, 1122 Ward, 134-135 Wunderlin, 516-517 |
wild comfrey | Boraginaceae;
borage family |
perennial herb, to ¾ m tall; lvs basal, and 2-4 on lower stem, rough bristly, upper stem naked; inflor. terminal; flrs with blue or white petals; frts mericarps, with short stiff spines; bluffs; Gadsden and Liberty cos.; Mar-Apr. |
| 109. Cyperus floridanus Britton
Fl and West Indies |
Correll and Correll, 218
Long and Lakela, 208, as C. filiformis Small, 150 Wunderlin, 154-158 |
Florida flatsedge | Cyperaceae;
sedge family |
perennial herb, tufted stems; lvs filiform, longer than stem; 2-3 lf-like bracts to 10 cm long; infl. loosely capitate and solitary per stem; spikelets deciduous above lower pair of scales, to 10 mm long and 1 mm wide; scales maroon with green keel; 3 stamens, 3 stigmas; sandy soil; Collier, Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos. |
| 110. Cyperus fuligineus Chapman
FL and West Indies |
Correll and Correll, 218
Long and Lakela, 208-209 Small, 153 Wunderlin, 154-158 |
limestone flatsedge | Cyperaceae;
sedge family |
perennial herb, densely tufted, knotty rhizomes; lvs revolute, sheaths maroon-red to blackish; lf-like bracts [2 in C.andC.; 3-4 in L.andL.!]; spikelets densely crowded into solitary spherical head to 1.5 cm wide; scales striate, brown with lighter keel ending in short mucro; 3 stamens, 3 stigmas; achene 3-angled; oolitic soils; Monroe [Keys only] Co.; Fall. |
| 111. Cyrtopodium punctatum (L.) Lindl.
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America | Chafin; DPI poster, plate #38 |
Long and Lakela, 334
Luer, 232-234 Small, 394 Ward, 83-84 Wunderlin, 234 |
cow-horn orchid,
cigar orchid butterfly orchid bee-swarm orchid |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial or epiphytic; pseudobulbous stems, leafy at summit; diffuse panicle, flrs reddish-brown, flushed with yellow, sepals greenish-yellow blotched with purple; rockland hammocks, marl prairie, strand swamp; (Broward), Collier, Dade, Lee, (Martin), Monroe and (Palm Beach) cos. |
| 112. Dalbergia brownii (Jacq.) Schinz
Both Isely and Godfrey and Wooten use: D. brownei (Jacq.) Urban Wunderlin uses above.
| Scurlock, p. 71 FL, Mexico, Central and South America |
Godfrey and Wooten II, 249
Isely, 56 Long and Lakela, 476, as D. amerimnon Small, 711, as Amerimnon Standley and Steyermark, V: 202 Wunderlin, 351 |
Brown's Indian
rosewood red fowl barbasco cruceta |
Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family Papilionoideae; pea subfamily |
scandent or trailing shrub to 5 m; lvs 1 (to 3) foliate, subcordate
bases, tips acute to almost acuminate, glabrous; flrs numerous, white or
pink, fragrant, 8-10 mm long; legume oval or oblong 1 to 6 cm long and
8-10 mm wide;
1 to 4 seeds; margins of hammocks or mangroves; roadsides; Dade and Monroe cos.; spring, summer. |
| 113. Dalea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J. F. Macbride
| Chafin D. carthagenensis var. floridana (Rydberg) Barneby is endemic |
Isely, 81-82
Long and Lakela, 478 Small, 694-695, as Parosela floridana Wunderlin, 352 |
Florida prairie clover
Cartagena prairie clover |
Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family Papilionoideae; pea subfamily |
contorted, shrubby, woody or herbaceous, to 2 m tall; lvs pinnate with terminal lflet, lflets 15-23; corolla of 5 petals, sub-papilionaceous, wings and keel arise from side of stamen tube, greenish-white fading to maroon; pineland, hammocks; Dade, Monroe [excluding Keys] and Palm Beach cos.; all year. |
| 114. Deeringothamnus pulchellus Small
Federal Register, 26 Sep 1986 | Atlas; Chafin endemic |
Long and Lakela, 421
Small, 532 Wunderlin, 307 |
white squirrel-banana
beautiful pawpaw pretty false pawpaw royal false pawpaw |
Annonaceae;
custard-apple family |
short shrub; flrs with linear, creamy white petals, pleasant scent; grassy flatwoods, road edges; Charlotte, Lee and Orange cos.; Mar-May. |
| 115. Deeringothamnus rugelii (B.L. Rob.) Small
Federal Register, 26 Sep 1986 | Atlas; Chafin endemic |
Small, 532
Ward, 25-26 Wunderlin, 307 |
yellow squirrel-banana,
Rugel's pawpaw Rugel's false pawpaw |
Annonaceae;
custard-apple family |
short shrub; lvs to 7 cm long, oblong to oval or obovate; flrs with oblong, canary yellow petals, fragrant; wet pine flatwoods, powerline right-of-way; Volusia Co.; Apr-Jun. |
| 116. Delphinium carolinianum Walter
NC, KY, IL, IO, west to KS, south to FL, TX |
Clewell, 461
Gleason and Cronquist, 51 Radford et al., 454-455 Small, 515 Wunderlin, 300 |
Carolina larkspur | Ranunculaceae;
buttercup family |
herb; lvs cpd, palmately divided; petals 4, blue, lower petals bifid and bearded, 2 upper petals with a long spur extending into the spurred sepal; calcareous slopes; Gadsden Co.; May. |
| 117. Dennstaedtia bipinnata (Cav.) Maxon
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
FNA, 200-201
Lakela and Long, 59 and 61 Small: ferns, 321 and 322 Ward, 26-27 Wunderlin, 47 |
cuplet fern
hay-scented fern bipinnate cuplet fern |
Pteridophyta--
Polypodiaceae/ Dennstaedtiaceae; polypody family |
fern; stout stems 5-6 mm wide; lvs. 3-compound, to 2.7 m long, lustrous, subcoriaceous; sori at end of small lateral veins and with cup-shaped indusia; deep muck soil of hammocks; Duval, (Okeechobee), Palm Beach and Seminole cos. |
| 118. Desmodium ochroleucum M.A. Curtis ex Canby
Del, MD, TN, south to FL |
Clewell, 402, 404
Isely, 168-169 Radford et al., 606 Small, 733, as Meibomia Wunderlin, 357 |
trailing tick-trefoil
cream ticktrefoil |
Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; bean family |
perennial herb, decumbent, vine-like, hairy stems; terminal lf-lets ovate, 2.5-6 cm long; fls creamy white or pale yellow (=ochroleucous) , fl-stalks 10-22 mm long; 3 to 5 frt segments, each 7-10 mm long, densely hairy (hairs with hooked tips) on the sutures, glabrous and veiny on surfaces; disturbed hammocks; Jackson Co.; summer. |
| 119. Dicerandra christmanii Huck and Judd
Federal Rgister, 21 Sept 1989
| Atlas; Chafin endemic |
Systematic Botany
14(2):197-213 1989 Wunderlin, 530 |
Christman's mint
Garrett's mint |
Labiatae/
Lamiaceae; mint family |
northern Highlands Co. specimens of "old" D. frutescens actually D. christmanii. Lvs with eucalyptus-oil scent; corollas persistently cream-colored, with magenta spots; anthers yellow; yellow sand, oak scrub; Highlands Co. |
| 120. Dicerandra cornutissima Huck
Federal Register, 1 Nov 1985
| Atlas; Chafin endemic |
Wunderlin, 530 | Robin's mint,
long-spurred mint |
Labiatae/
Lamiaceae; mint family |
shrub to ½ m tall; lvs about 1.5 cm long, linear, with entire margins, glandular, fragrant; flrs in groups in axils, 2-lipped, 7 mm long, purplish-rose with deep purple marking and whitish throat; 4 stamens, each anther half tipped by 1.2 mm long horn; style glabrous or with few hairs; on yellow sand in sand pine scrub or oak scrub sandhills; Sumter (extirpated?) and Marion cos; Sep-Oct. |
| 121. Dicerandra frutescens Shinners
Federal Register, 1 Nov 1985
| Atlas; Bell and Taylor, p. 237; Chafin endemic |
Ward, 84
Wunderlin, 530 |
Lloyd's mint,
scrub mint |
Labiatae/
Lamiaceae; mint family |
shrub to ½ m tall; lvs to 2.5 cm long, narrowly oblong, entire margins, crushed foliage with scent of peppermint; flrs in pairs, petals 2-lipped, pale pink [quickly fades to bright white] with purplish-rose dots; stamens 4, each anther half with spur less than 1 mm long, anthers purplish; style hairy; on yellow sand in sand pine scrub, openings and paths; Highlands and Polk cos.; Sep-Oct. |
| 122. Dicerandra immaculata Lakela
Endangered Species Act: 1973; Federal Register, 23 July 1984, proposed rule; 1985 | Atlas; Chafin, DPI poster, plate #10 endemic |
Wunderlin, 530 | Olga's mint,
Lakela's mint |
Labiatae/
Lamiaceae; mint family |
shrub to 1/3 m tall; foliage fragrant, flrs in cymes at tips of stems, lavender-rose to purplish (rarely white) without spots separates this from all other Dicerandras in se US; yellow sand in sand pine scrub, disturbed areas; Indian River and St. Lucie cos.; Sep-Oct. |
| 123. Dicerandra thinicola H. A. Mill.
| Atlas endemic |
Phytologia 75: 185-189.
1993* * Wunderlin, 530 |
Titusville balm | Labiatae/
Lamiaceae; mint family |
shrubby perennial to 0.9 m tall, with numerous ascending branches from a short trunk; lvs opposite, linear-oblong, to 19 mm long and 2 mm wide, fragrant when crushed; flrs on short pedicels in whorls of 3-7; corolla tube sharply bent; corolla limb 2-lipped, rose-purple (or sometimes white) with dark purple spots; stamens 4; anthers dark to light purple, with 2 horns up to 1.3 mm |
| 124. Digitaria pauciflora A.S. Hitchc.
endemic |
Chase, 582-583
Hall, 375 Small, 51 Wunderlin, 103-105 |
FL pineland crabgrass
twospike fingergrass |
Gramineae/
Poaceae; grass family |
perennial herb to 1 m tall; raceme rachis wingless, triangular, fertile lemma pale or gray; pine rocklands, marl prairie; Collier (this record is an error), Dade cos.; Nov. |
| 125. Dirca palustris L.
| Atlas Canada, south to FL, AL, AR and OK |
Clewell, 498
Godfrey, 673-675 Radford et al., 736,737 Small, 919 Ward, 135-136 Wunderlin, 449 |
leatherwood
swamp-wood moose-wood leather-bark eastern leatherwood |
Thymelaeaceae;
mezereum family |
shrub, to 2 m tall, bark is smooth and pliable (stems difficult to bend and break), tips of twigs enlarged; lvs oval to elliptic or obovate; flrs in axillary clusters of 2-3, before lvs, with tubular yellowish calyx and tiny petals between the stamens at base of calyx; frt red to purple drupes 5-8 mm long; rich, wooded ravine slopes and bluffs; Gadsden, Jackson and Liberty cos.; early spring. |
| 126. Dodecatheon meadia L.
| Atlas MD south to FL and AL, west to WI, MN, IA, OK, TX |
Gleason and Cronquist, 224
Radford et al., 819, 820 Small, 1027 Wunderlin, 480-481 |
shooting star
pride-of-Ohio |
Primulaceae;
primrose family |
perennial herb; lvs entire; scape to 6 /10 m tall, topped with umbel
of up to 15 flrs, corollas white or pink, united at base, petals reflexed;
stamens extend forward; rich
moist woodlands; Gadsden Co.; Mar-Apr. |
| 127. Dodonaea elaeagnoides Rudolph ex Ledeb. and
Alderstam Kartesz: includes within D. viscosa (L.) Jacq.
| Atlas; Chafin; Nelson, plate #133; Scurlock, p. 72 FL and West Indies |
Blumea 28:271-289 [1983]
Small, 821, as D. microcarya Wunderlin, 417 |
Keys hopbush
smallfruit varnish leaf |
Sapindaceae;
soapberry family |
Shrub, to 3 m tall; lvs obovate, to 8 cm long, tips rounded to squared (sometimes with notch or mucro), not varnished; inflor glandular; flrs unisexual, sepals 4, stamens 6 or 7 (completely suppressed in flrs); frts 4-7 mm long, with 2-4 mm wide wing, wing fused to style base; hammocks; Monroe Co. [Keys only]. |
| 128. Drosera filiformis Raf.
| Bell and Taylor, p. 175 MA to SC; FL |
Clewell, 345
Godfrey and Wooten, 186- 187 Radford et al., 517 Small, 579 [as D. tracyi, in part] Wunderlin, 321 |
dew-threads
thread-leaf sundew |
Droseraceae;
sundew family |
glandular herb with a corm-like base, forming over-wintering structures (hibernacula); erect lvs thread-like (less than 1 mm wide and to 25 cm long), covered with purplish to red glandular hairs; flrs rose-pink, on tall scapes; damp sand, edge of lakes, exposed lake bottoms; Bay and Washington cos.; May, fruits in Oct. |
| 129. Drypetes diversifolia Krug and Urban
| Atlas; Chafin; Nelson, plate #53; Scurlock, p. 73 FL and West Indies |
Correll and Correll, 795-798
Long and Lakela, 546 Small, 780 Wunderlin, 401 |
milkbark
whitewood |
Euphorbiaceae;
spurge family |
shrub or tree to 12 m, bark white, rough; 2 types of lvs: lower lvs short petiole, rounded base, tips mucronate, spine-toothed margins and upper lvs petioles 1 cm+, base rounded to wedge-shaped, tips blunt to acuminate, margins entire; flrs unisexual, in axillary clusters, 5 sepals, no petals, 8 stamens; frts ivory-white drupes to 2.5 cm long; hammocks; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos. ; spring. |
| 130. Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
| Atlas; Chafin FL to LA to OK, north to VA, OH, MI, IL, OH, KY, NC, SC, TN |
Clewell, 304
Cronquist, 29 Radford et al., 1110 Steyermark, 1560 Wunderlin, 623 |
purple coneflower | Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Heliantheae. |
perennial herb; lvs alternate, simple, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, to 15 cm long and 10 cm wide, hairy on both sides; involucral bracts in several rows; ray flrs pink (ours), drooping, disc flrs surpassed by the stout bracts of the cone; calcareous openings in mesic forest; Gadsden Co.; May. |
| 131. Eleocharis rostellata (Torrey) Torrey
Canada to FL, NY to IL, KS, OK, TX, CA, UT, WY, NM, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America |
Correll and Johnston, 272
Godfrey and Wooten, 326, 329 Wunderlin, 160-164 |
beaked spikerush | Cyperaceae;
sedge family |
perennial herb, with vertical caudex; lvs bladeless sheaths only; spikes ovoid, thicker than the supporting stem, scales of spike spirally arranged; bristles long as achene and tubercle, with down-pointed teeth; achene 3-angled, tapered into a pyramidal tubercle, olive-brown, smooth, no ribs; prairies, swamps; Dade, Taylor, Santa Rosa and Wakulla cos. |
| 132. Eltroplectris calcarata (Hooker f.) Garay and
Sweet synonym: Centrogenium setaceum (Lindl.) Schlecht.
| Chafin FL, West Indies, South America |
Correll and Correll, 350-351
Long and Lakela, 323 Luer, 124-125 Small, 384 Ward, 18 Wunderlin, 234 |
spurred neottia
longclawed orchid |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial; 1 to 3 lvs, 9-15 cm long and petiolate; peduncle 3 dm long; flrs white and greenish, lateral sepals form a spur; lip is fringed; dense hammocks; Dade and Highlands cos.; winter-spring. |
| 133. Encyclia boothiana (Lindl.) Dressler
Luer uses: var. erythronioides (Small) Luer synonym: Prosthechea boothiana (Lindl.) W. E. Higgins
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central America |
Correll and Correll, 354-355
Long and Lakela, 332 Luer, 204-205 Small, 392 Ward, 27-28 Wunderlin, 234-235 |
dollar orchid
FL dollar orchid |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; pseudobulbs about size of silver dollar, lvs up to 15 cm long; flrs greenish yellow, blotched with reddish purple, lip is pale yellow to white; low limbs of trees in hammocks or thickets, marine tidal swamps; Dade, Indian River and Monroe cos.; Jun-Sep. |
| 134. Encyclia cochleata (L.) Lemée
Luer uses: var. triandra (Ames) Dressler for FL synonym: Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W. E. Higgins
| Atlas; Bell and Taylor, p. 29; Chafin 3 anthers: FL 2 anthers: West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Correll and Correll, 356-357
Long and Lakela, 332 Luer, 202-203 Small, 392, as Anacheilium Wunderlin, 234-235 |
FL clamshell orchid | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; 1 to 3 lvs, to 30 cm long; flrs yellowish with purplish blotches at base, lip shell-like and velvety purple, 3 sepals and other 2 petals long and ribbon-like; rockland hammocks, dome swamps, strand swamps; Broward (?), Collier, Dade Lee and Monroe [not in Keys] cos.; all year. |
| 135. Encyclia pygmaea (Hook.) Dressler
synonym: Prosthechea pygmaea (Hook.) W. E. Higgins
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Long and Lakela, 332-333
Luer, 200-201 Small, 393, as Hormidium Ward, 28-29 Wunderlin, 234-235 |
dwarf epidendrum | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; flrs are cradled between the lvs on each pseudobulb; sepals
white, shading to yellow; two lateral petals linear and white; lip white,
3-lobed, with rose purple spot on tip of center lobe; Fakahatchee Strand;
Collier
Co.; Oct-Feb. |
| 136. Epidendrum acunae Dressler
Kartesz: E. blancheanum Urban
FL, Cuba, Mexico, Central America |
Luer, 219-220
Ward, 29 Wunderlin, 235-236 |
Acuna's epidendrum | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; pendent, stems to 1 m, continue to lengthen after flowering;
2 to 6 lvs, to 12 cm long; 1-3 flrs, brownish-green; 2 cm long capsule;
Collier Co. (extirpated?); May-Jun. [Luer: E.ramosum is a smaller
plant, each
branch terminates after flowering.] |
| 137. Epidendrum anceps Jacq.
Kartesz: E. secundum Jacq. synonym: E. amphistomum A. Richard
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Long and Lakela, 330
Luer, 210-211 Wunderlin, 235-236 |
dingy-flowered
epidendrum |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; erect, stems to 1.1 m tall; 5-13 lvs, up to 18 cm long and 4 wide (LandL, p 329: 6+ cm wide), green usually but also red to maroon; dense capitate raceme of up to 25 flrs, brownish (yellow-green, red-brown, or bronze tinged purple) petals, lip adheres to column and flares to spade-shaped; rockland hammocks, dome swamps, strand swamps, hammocks; Broward, Collier, Dade, Lee, Martin and Monroe [not in Keys] cos.; Jan-Jul and all year. |
| 138. Epidendrum difforme Jacq.
synonym: Neolehmannia difformis (Jacq.) Pabst
| Chafin; DPI poster, plate #30 FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Long and Lakela, 330
Luer, 212-213 Wunderlin, 235-236, as: E. floridense Hagsater |
umbelled epidendrum | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; pendent stems to 30 cm long; 5-10 lvs, up to 10 cm long and 3 cm wide, fleshy, glossy; 3-20 flrs in compact raceme, greenish, variable in size; bracts linear and not enclosing ovary; hammocks; (Broward) , Collier, Dade, Lee, Monroe [not in Keys], (Palm Beach) and Polk cos.; Aug-Nov. and all year. |
| 139. Epidendrum nocturnum Jacq.
| Chafin FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Correll and Correll, 365-366
Long and Lakela, 330 Luer, 214-215 Ward, 84-85 Wunderlin, 235-236 |
night-smelling
epidendrum night-scented epidendrum |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; erect stems to 1 m tall; 4-10 lvs, to 15 cm long and 2.5 wide, leathery; flrs bloom singly and in slow succession, yellow sepals and petals long, narrow, spreading, lip 3-lobed and white; fragrant at night; rockland hammocks, strand swamps, dome swamps; (Broward), Collier, Dade, Lee, Martin, Monroe [not in Keys] and Palm Beach cos.; Jul-Dec and all year. |
| 140. Epidendrum rigidum Jacq.
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America | Bell and Taylor, p. 31 |
Correll and Correll, 366, 368
Long and Lakela, 330 Luer, 216-217 Wunderlin, 235-236 |
rigid epidendrum | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; ascending stems to 20 cm; 2-6 lvs, to 8 cm long and 15 mm
wide, leathery, keeled; flrs alternate on spike, greenish, insignificant;
rockland hammocks, dome
swamps, strand swamps; Broward, Collier, Dade, Hendry, Lee, Monroe [not in Keys] and Palm Beach cos., Oct-May. |
| 141. Epidendrum strobiliferum Reichenb. f.
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Long and Lakela, 329
Luer, 218-219 Wunderlin, 235-236 |
matted epidendrum | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
epiphyte; pendent stems to 18 cm long, numerous and matted; 2-8 lvs, to 5 cm long and 1 cm wide, rigid, leathery, green to reddish-brown; flrs terminal, 3 to 4, pale yellow, hidden by large bracts; strand swamp; Collier and Lee cos.; Oct-Nov and all year. |
| 142. Epigaea repens L.
Newfoundland, Quebec to Saskatchewan, south to IA, FLand MS |
Clewell, 348
Gleason and Cronquist, 209 Godfrey, 238-240 Radford et al., 810-811 Small, 1005 Ward, 137-138 Wunderlin, 475 |
trailing arbutus | Ericaceae;
heath family |
trailing shrub; evergreen lvs; corolla white to pink,
densely pubescent within; bluffs, mixed hardwood forest; Escambia, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and (Walton) cos.; Dec-Feb. |
| 143. Eragrostis tracyi Hitchcock
| Chafin endemic |
Hall, 175
Ward, 86 Wunderlin, 107- 111 |
Sanibel lovegrass
Sanibel Island lovegrass |
Gramineae/
Poaceae; grass family |
annual (occasionally perennial) herb; delicate grass; beach dunes, maritime hammocks, coastal strand, coastal grassland, old fields, clearings, disturbed sites; Lee, Manatee, Pinellas and Sarasota cos.; all year. |
| 144. Eriocaulon nigrobracteatum Orzell and Bridges
| Chafin endemic |
Phytologia 74(2): 104-124,
Feb. 1994 Wunderlin, 191 |
dark-headed hatpins | Eriocaulaceae;
hatpins family |
perennial herb, forming dense clumps, with fleshy, unbranched , septate roots; lvs in basal rosette, septate, up to 4 cm long and 1 mm wide (smallest E. in eastern N Am. north of Mexico); involucral bracts uniformly dark gray, not reflexed; receptacle glabrous; sepals with white clavate hairs, black anthers; seepage bogs; Bay, Calhoun and Gulf cos.; Mar-Apr. |
| 145. Eriogonum floridanum Small
Eriogonum longifolium Nutt. var. gnaphalifolium Gandog. is listed as threatened by Federal Register, 18 Mar. 1993. Kartesz: E. longifolium var. gnaphalifolium | Atlas; Chafin; Taylor, p. 42 endemic |
Small, 445
Ward, 86-87 Wunderlin, 270-271, as Kartesz |
scrub-buckwheat
Florida umbrella plant longleaf wild- buckwheat |
Polygonaceae;
buckwheat family |
herbaceous perennial with woody rootstock; to 1 m tall; flowering stems with alternate lvs; flrs grouped into heads with bracts beneath, 6 linear sepals, no petals; sandhill, scrub, longleaf pine, Lake Wales Ridge; Highlands, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Putnam and Sumter cos.; all year. |
| 146. Ernodea cokeri Britt. ex Coker
| Chafin FL and West Indies |
Correll and Correll, 1389-
1391 Wunderlin, 576 |
one-nerved ernodea
Coker's beach creeper |
Rubiaceae;
madder family |
shrub; leaves narrowly linear, to 3 mm wide, 1-nerved; corolla tube pink or red; calyx as long or longer than fruit; pine rocklands; Dade Co., all year. |
| 147. Eryngium cuneifolium Small
Federal Register, 21 Jan 1987 | Chafin endemic |
Small, 964
Wunderlin, 468-469 |
scrub eryngium
snakeroot wedgeleaf eryngo |
Umbelliferae/
Apiaceae; carrot family |
herb; erect; lvs divided or lobed, 3-5 teeth at tip, lvs reduced in number up the stem; capitate inflorescence, whitish flrs age powder blue; sand pine scrub; Highlands Co.; Sep-Nov. |
| 148. Erythronium umbilicatum Parks and Hardin
| Bell and Taylor, p. 14 VA, WV, MD, south to FL and AL |
Clewell, 179
Gleason and Cronquist, 834 Small, 292 Ward, 88-89 Wunderlin, 207 |
dimpled dogtooth-
violet trout lily amberbell dimpled troutlily |
Liliaceae;
lily family |
herbaceous perennial from corm; 2 lvs, fleshy, about 10 cm long, mottled (like a trout); solitary flr on long stalk, greenish or purplish outside and yellow inside, recurved; stream banks and bluffs; Gadsden and Leon cos.; Feb-Mar. |
| 149. Eugenia confusa DC.
| Atlas; Chafin; Scurlock, p. 80 FL and West Indies |
Correll and Correll, 1044
Long and Lakela, 645 Small, 936 Wunderlin, 453 |
redberry eugenia
tropical ironwood ironwood |
Myrtaceae;
myrtle family |
tree, up to 6 m tall; scaly bark, red-brown heartwood; lvs
to 5 cm long, with prolonged tip; frt scarlet, 5-8 mm wide; rockland hammocks; Dade, (Lee), Martin and Monroe [Keys only] cos.; Mar-Jul. |
| 150. Eugenia rhombea (Berg) Krug and Urban
| Atlas; Scurlock, p. 82 FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Correll and Correll, 1044
Long and Lakela, 645 Small, 935 Ward, 29-30 Wunderlin, 453 |
red stopper | Myrtaceae;
myrtle family |
tree to 3 m tall; lvs 3-6 cm long, opposite; inflorescence axillary, pedicel 1 cm long [E. axillaris has longer pedicels]; berries black to 8 mm wide; rockland hammocks; Dade, (erroneously in Lee) and Monroe [Keys] cos.; Apr-Sep. |
| 151. Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.
Note: Kartesz spells it "Evonymus" All refs. to right use E. atropurpureus; Kartesz uses E. atropurpurea.
| Atlas NY to ND, south to FL and TX |
Clewell, 268
Gleason and Cronquist, 329 Godfrey, 195-196 Radford et al., 685-686 Small, 818 Wunderlin, 414 |
burning bush
wahoo spindle tree strawberry bush arrow wood eastern wahoo |
Celastraceae;
staff-tree family |
shrub or small tree; lvs to 12 cm long and 6 cm wide, toothed; inflor. axillary cymes on peduncles ½ as long as lvs; petals 4, maroon, with hyaline margins; dangling pinkish-purple capsule 4-lobed, splits but not reflexing; scarlet seed; stream banks; Gadsden and Liberty cos.; Apr. |
| 152. Eupatorium frustratum B.L. Robins.
Wunderlin uses Chromolaena frustratum (B.L.Robins.) King and H. Robinson. | Chafin endemic |
Cronquist, 185
Long and Lakela, 873 Small, 1320, as Osmia frustrata Wunderlin, 615-616 |
Cape Sable
thoroughwort |
Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy family tribe: Eupatorieae. |
herbs, to 20 cm tall; lvs simple, over 15 mm wide, 2-5 cm long, deltoid-ovate, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, wedge-like base, margins with shallow teeth; inflor. diffuse; flrs all discs, blue or lavender; coastal hammocks; Monroe [including Keys] Co.; all year. |
| 153. Eupatorium villosum Sw.
[In 1998 Rule, listed as : Koanophyllon villosum (Sw.) King and H.E.Robins.] Kartesz uses: Eupatorium villosum Sw. [See Taylor, 112-114; Bell and Taylor, 252, for other spp.] FL and West Indies |
All as Eupatorium:
Correll and Correll, 1486- 1487 Cronquist, 186 Small, 1327 |
Keys' thoroughwort | Compositae/
Asteraceae; daisy flower. tribe: Eupatorieae. |
shrub to 2 m tall; densely hairy throughout; lvs opposite, to 6.5 cm long and 4 cm wide; bracts in 2 to 3 series; flrs 9-13, white to bluish; hammocks, pine woods; Dade Co.; all year. |
| 154. Euphorbia commutata Engelm.
| Atlas FL, GA, SC to PA, MO, MN |
Clewell, 357
Radford et al., 670, as E. commutatus Small, 801, as Galarhoeus Wunderlin, 401-402 |
wood spurge
tinted woodland spurge |
Euphorbiaceae;
spurge family |
herb, with milky sap, decumbent stem; lvs alternate, spathulate to ovate or lanceolate, margins entire; bracteal lvs opposite, smaller than stem lvs, reniform to ovate0reniform; cyathia 4-lobed, glands yellowish, with long tail-like tips; woods and stream banks; Gadsden, Jackson, Levy and Marion cos.; spring. |
| 155. Euphorbia telephioides
This species was moved to Tithymalus telephioides (#381); but in error it was not removed from the list as Euphorbia. See page 58. |
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| 156. Evolvulus convolvuloides (Willd. ex J.A.
Schultes) Stearn synonuym: E. glaber Spreng. [see Taylor, 90; Bell and Taylor, 113, for E. sericeus] FL, West Indies, South America |
Correll and Correll, 1170-
1171 Long and Lakela, 714 Small, 1082 Wunderlin, 507 |
dwarf bindweed
bindweed dwarf morningglory |
Convolvulaceae;
morning-glory family |
herb, prostrate, creeping; lvs nearly glabrous below at maturity, to 2 cm long, oblong-ovate or obovate; flrs solitary in axils, blue, pink or white, to 1 cm wide; coastal on limestone or coral rock; Dade and Monroe [including Keys]; all year |
| 157. Evolvulus grisebachii Peter
FL, West Indies |
Long and Lakela, 714
Small, 1082, as E. wrightii Wunderlin, 507 |
Grisebach's bindweed
Grisebach's dwarf morningglory |
Convolvulaceae;
morning-glory family |
herb, tufted, suberect, silvery hairs; lvs suborbicular to ovate, ca. 1 cm long, acute tips; flrs white or blue, 8-9 mm wide; pinelands, glades; Monroe Co. [Keys only]; all year. |
| 158. Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) J.A. Schultes
| Chafin; Scurlock, p. 83 FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central America |
Correll and Correll, 1393-
1394 Long and Lakela, 798 Small, 1256 Wunderlin, 577 |
princewood
Caribbean princewood Jesuit bark |
Rubiaceae;
madder family |
shrub or tree, to 7 m tall, bark bitter (once used to reduce fever); lvs opposite, 4-8 cm long, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, acuminate tips, conspicuous veins; flrs fragrant, solitary in lf axils, calyx tubular, to 4 mm long, corolla tubular, lobes linear, to 4.5 cm long, white or pinkish, fade to orange; frts woody capsules, to 1.5 cm long; hammocks, pinelands; Keys [Monroe Co]); spring. |
| 159. Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson
| Atlas; Chafin also in 1 SC county |
Godfrey, 503, 505-506
Wunderlin, 487 |
Godfrey's swamp privet | Oleaceae;
olive family |
shrub or small tree; drooping branches, roots at branch tips; flrs very early in spring on twigs of previous season before new growth; petaloid sepals; separate male and female flrs; mesic calcareous wood; Alachua, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Nassau and Marion cos.; early spring. |
| 160. Fothergilla gardenii L.
All in Ref. column (except Wunderlin) use: F. gardenii Murray
| Chafin TN, AL, MS, GA, FL |
Clewell, 374
Godfrey, 372-373 Radford et al., 530-531 Small, 601 Wunderlin, 325 |
dwarf witch-alder | Hamamelidaceae;
witch-hazel family |
shrub, to 1 m tall; colonial; lvs with stellate hairs on lower surface, glabrous above, margins wavy; inflor. globose or oblong, terminal; petals absent; stamens showy, white; capsule with 2 curving beaks; pine savannas, shrub bogs, hillside bogs; Walton and Okaloosa cos.; early spring. |
| 161. Galactia smallii H.F. Rogers ex Herndon
Endangered Species Act 1973; Federal Register, 18 July 1985 Note: Isely -- "more abundant pubescence and smaller flrs than G. floridana and G. regularis." | Chafin endemic |
Isely, 152- see note
Long and Lakela, 494, as G. prostrata Small, 719 Wunderlin, 358, as part of G. regularis |
Small's milkpea | Leguminosae/
Fabaceae; legume family Papilionoideae; pea subfamily |
herb; prostrate and twining; stems to 2 m long; hairy;
lflets 3, 1-2.2 cm long; flrs 1-5 on long stalk; corollas 11-12 mm long, pink-purple or lavender, fading pale; legume 3-4 cm long, 4 mm wide; pine rocklands; Dade Co.; May-Jul. |
| 162. Galeandra beyrichii Reichenb. f.
| Chafin FL, West Indies, Central and South America |
Long and Lakela, 324
Luer, 245-246 Wunderlin, 237 |
helmet orchid | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial, up to 1 m tall; 1-2 ephemeral lvs, to 25 cm long and 3
cm wide, 3 ribbed; terminal raceme with to 12 flrs, pale yellow-green petals,
green and purple striped lip with ruffled edge, lip attached to base of
the column;
edges of sinkholes in rockland hammock; Dade Co. |
| 163. Gentiana pennelliana Fernald
endemic |
Clewell, 367
Godfrey and Wooten II, 536 Long and Lakela, 697 Small, 1054, as G. tenuifolia Ward, 89-90 Wunderlin, 492-493 |
wiregrass gentian | Gentianaceae;
gentian family |
herb; lvs linear-spatulate; flrs solitary, not involucrate; corolla white, spotted with blue-green internally; wet flatwoods, slash pine plantations, roadside ditches; Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, (Leon), Liberty, Wakulla and Walton cos.; Oct-Feb. |
| 164. Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br.
| Atlas; Luer, 9 Quebec, ME to MN, south to SC, FL, AL, AR |
Clewell, 185
Gleason and Cronquist, 855 Radford et al., 350-351 Wunderlin, 237 |
downy rattlesnake
orchid downy rattlesnake plantain |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial herb; flowering stem with 4-14 bracts; lvs basal rosette, ovate to lanceolate, dark green midrib bordered by pair of white stripes and with net-like white veins; lip pouchy, sac less than half as long as the body; hammocks; Liberty Co.; Jun. |
| 165. Gossypium hirsutum L.
| Atlas; DPI poster, plate #13; Nelson, plate #85 FL, West Indies, Mexico |
Correll and Correll, 925-927
Long and Lakela, 591 Small, 861 Ward, 30-31 Wunderlin, 427 |
wild cotton
short-staple cotton upland cotton |
Malvaceae;
mallow family |
herb or shrub to 4 m tall; 3-lobed lvs; involucel (below calyx) with 2 - 5 bracts with lacy tips; petals white, fade to pink and rose; seed with long hairs; coastal hammocks, shell mounds, coastal berm; Charlotte, (Collier), Dade, Lee, Manatee, Monroe [including Keys], Pinellas and Sumter cos.; all year. |
| 166. Govenia utriculata (Swartz) Lindley
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Correll and Correll, 369-370
Long and Lakela, 324 Luer, 243, 245 Wunderlin, 237 |
Gowen's orchid | Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial herb to 0.5 m tall; lvs 2, dark green, fan-like; 5-15 flrs, white with lavender spots, lip arises from base of column, lateral sepals fused with lip; rockland hammocks; Dade Co. (extirpated?); Nov-Dec. |
| 167. Guaiacum sanctum L.
Kartesz: Guajacum
FL, West Indies, Central and South America | Atlas; Chafin; DPI poster, plate #12; Nelson, plate # 85; Scurlock, p.89 |
Correll and Correll, 718-720
Long and Lakela, 508 Small, 755 Ward 90-91 Wunderlin, 383, as Kartesz |
lignum vitae
holywood tree of life |
Zygophyllaceae;
caltrop family |
tree to 10 m tall; hard wood, close grain; lvs opposite, with 3-4 pairs of lf-lets; flrs to 3 cm wide, petals blue; frt 5-angled, bright orange; seed black with scarlet fleshy coat; rockland hammocks; Dade and Monroe [Keys only] cos. |
| 168. Guzmania monostachia (L.) Rusby ex Mez in
DC.
| Chafin; DPI poster, plate #59 FL, West Indies, South America |
Correll and Correll, 274,
276-277 Long and Lakela, 269 Small, 272 Ward, 31-32 Wunderlin, 193 |
Fuchs' bromeliad
strap-leaved guzmania West Indian tufted airplant |
Bromeliaceae;
pineapple family |
epiphyte; vase-shaped; red bracts beneath the white flrs: attractive; rockland hammocks, strand swamp; Collier, Dade and Monroe [not Keys] cos.; all year. |
| 169. Gyminda latifolia (Sw.) Urban
| Atlas;Chafin; Nelson, plate #40; Scurlock, p. 93 FL, West Indies, Mexico |
Correll and Correll, 867
Long and Lakela, 568-569 Small, 819 Wunderlin, 414 |
West Indian false-box
false boxwood walla-berry |
Celastraceae;
staff-tree family |
shrub or tree, to 8 m tall, twigs 4-angled; lvs opposite, evergreen, 2-4 cm long, entire or slightly crenate above middle, oblong-ovate or ellipitic; inflor axillary clusters; and flrs on separate plants, petals 4, white, to 2 mm long; frt a drupe, to 8 mm long, dark blue or reddish black when ripe; hammocks; Dade & Monroe [Keys only] cos.; all year. |
| 170. Habenaria distans Griseb.
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America |
Godfrey and Wooten I, 635,
636 Luer, 160-161 Small, 372 Wunderlin, 237 |
distans habenaria
hammock false rein- orchid |
Orchidaceae;
orchid family |
terrestrial; erect, up to 30 cm tall; lvs 5, basal rosette, glossy green, to 10 cm long and 3.5 cm wide; infl. a spike with widely separated flrs, flrs "spidery," greenish, lip 3-parted with club-shaped spur; hydric hammocks, strand swamps; Collier, Highlands, Lee and Manatee cos.; Aug-Sep. |
| 171. Harperocallis flava McDaniel
Federal Register, 2 Oct 1979 monotypic genus
| Chafin DPI poster, plate #61 endemic |
Clewell, 179
Ward, 32-33 Wunderlin, 207 |
Harper's beauty | Melanthiaceae;
bunchflower family Or, Liliaceae; lily family |
perennial; lvs basal, linear; single terminal flr, 3 yellow petals and 3 yellow sepals (become externally green and internally greenish with purple margins); 3 capitate stigmas; bogs, edge of titi swamps, roadsides; Franklin and Liberty cos.; Apr-May. |
| 172. Harrisia eriophora (Pfeiffer) Britt.
[In the 1998 Rule, listed as: Cereus eriophorus Pfeiffer.] Federal Register, 1 Nov. 1985 as Cereus eriophorus L. Pfeiffer var. fragrans (Small) L. Benson Kartesz: Harrisia fragrans Small | Atlas; Chafin var. fragrans is endemic |
Long and Lakela, 628
Small, 916, as Harrisia Wunderlin, 446, as Harrisia fragr |