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Blazing star, dense gayfeather (Liatris spicata, Asteraceae)
Native
Bracts blunt-tipped, greenish-purple. Heads many, sessile (without stems), tubular. Moist pinelands. Blooms summer, fall.
Bracts blunt-tipped, greenish-purple. Heads many, sessile (without stems), tubular. Moist pinelands. Blooms summer, fall.
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Blazing star, fewflower gayflower (Liatris pauciflora, Asteraceae)Native
Flower heads stalked, of about 4 florets located on 1 side of flower stalk. Bracts sharp-tipped. Pinelands. Blooms summer, fall. (Note: USF/ISB does not show this species as found in Brevard County.)
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Vanillaleaf (Carphephorus odoratissima, Asteraceae)
Native
Native
Leaves have a vanilla odor, especially when dried. Moist pinelands. Blooms summer, fall, winter. In the backwoods of North Florida in the early 1900s, my father's impoverished family collected leaves of this plant to sell for use as an artificial vanilla flavoring in pipe and cigarette tobacco.
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Chapman's goldenrod (Solidago odora var. chapmanii, Asteraceae)
Native
Native
Flower heads borne along 1 side of the floral branches. Dry, open woods and pinelands. Blooms spring, summer, fall.
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Slender flattop goldenrod (Euthamia caroliniana, Asteraceae)
Native
Leaves usually less than 3 mm wide, 1- to 3-veined. Pinelands and disturbed sites. Blooms summer, fall, winter.
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Spurred butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum, Fabaceae)
Native
Pinelands and open clearings. Blooms all year.
Pinelands and open clearings. Blooms all year.
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Beach false foxglove (Agalinus fasciculata, Orobanchaceae)
Native
Open moist fields and disturbed sites. Blooms summer, fall.
Open moist fields and disturbed sites. Blooms summer, fall.
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