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 ReferencesCommon Names Family Descriptions
1. Acacia choriophylla Benth. 
 
 
 
 
 

|Atlas; Nelson, plate #71; Scurlock, p. 2 
FL Keys, West Indies 

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 
FL, West Indies, South America 

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 
Quebec to Ontario and Minn., s to FL, LA and OK 

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 
West Indies in Greater Antilles, Bahamas, FL

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 
var. caribaea Rudd is a tropical complex, widely distributed. 

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
family or,
Liliaceae;
lily family

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 
S FL, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America 

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 
ME to MN, south to FL and TX 

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 
FL and West Indies 

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 
endemic 

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
West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America 

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 
endemic 

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 
FL, West Indies 

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 
FL, GA, AL, LA, TX 

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 
endemic 

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 
FL, West Indies 

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 
FL, West Indies 

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 
FL, West Indies 

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 
FL, GA, AL 

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 
endemic 

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 
FL, Cuba, Central America 

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 
FL and West Indies 

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 
FL, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, LA 

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
FL, TX to MO, GA 

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
NY, PA and OH, south to FL and MS 

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 
FL, West Indies 

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 
NC, SC, GA, FL 

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 
endemic 

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 
FL, West Indies, S America 

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
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America 

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 
FL, West Indies 

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 
FL, West Indies 

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 
FL, West Indies 

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 
FL, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America 

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
endemic 

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 
FL and West Indies 

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 
endemic 

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 
endemic 

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 
endemic 

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.

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