Thanks to Roger Hammer and Kris Delaney for help in identifying some of the wildflowers in this post.
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Fourpetal St.John's-wort (Hypericum tetrapetalum, Clusiaceae)
Native
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Axilflower (Mecardonia acuminata subsp. peninsularis, Plantaginaceae)
Native, Florida endemic
Native, Florida endemic
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Baldwin's eryngo (Eryngium baldwinii, Apiaceae)
Native
Found along Fish Hole Rd.
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White sweetclover (Melilotus albus, Fabaceae)
Not native
Escaped from cultivation.
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Bay lobelia (Lobelia feayana, Campanulaceae)
Native, Florida endemic
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Blackeyed susan (Rudbekia hirta, Asteraceae)
Native
The most visible and abundant wildflower on this visit.
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Leavenworth's tickseed (Coreopsis leavenworthii, Asteraceae)
Native
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Smallfruit beggarticks (Bidens mitis, Asteraceae)
Native
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American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana, Lamiaceae)
Native
Hairs are star-shaped.
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Southern beeblossom (Gaura angustifolia, Onagraceae)
Native
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Beggarticks, Spanish needles (Bidens alba, Asteraceae)
Native
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Blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum, Asteraceae)
Native
Beautiful blue in real life, becomes pink in photos.
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Button rattlesnakemaster (Eryngium yuccifolium, Apiaceae)
Native
Lower leaves weekly spiny; note blue anthers.
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Eastern false dragonhead (Physotegia purpurea, Lamiaceae)
Native
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Elliott's milkpea (Galactia elliottii, Fabaceae)
Native
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Blue water hyssop; lemon bacopa (Bacopa caroliniana, Plantaginaceae)
Native
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Lax hornpod (Mitreola petiolata, Loganiaceae)
Native
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Turkey tangle fogfruit; capeweed (Phyla nodiflora, Verbenaceae)
Native
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Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata, Pontederiaceae)
Native
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Pitted stripeseed, piriqueta (Piriqueta cistoides, Turneraceae)
Native
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Nuttall's thistle (Cirsium nuttallii, Asteraceae)
Native
Pale pink; spines on flower base, but much less spiny than purple thistle (Cirsium horridulum).
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Sand blackberry (Rubus cuneifolius, Rosaceae)
Native
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Maid Marian (Rhexia nashii, Melastomataceae)
Native
This species has a floral tube longer than 1 cm. The floral tube for R. mariana is shorter than 1 cm. This particular meadowbeauty appears to have a long floral tube, thus I have called it R. nashii. More study needed to confirm this.
Note that two of the mysterious anther spurs can be seen (upper right).
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Nuttall's meadowbeauty (Rhexia nuttallii, Melastomataceae)
Native
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Rose-rush (Lygodesmia aphylla, Asteraceae)
Native
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Carolina wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis, Acanthaceae)
Native
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Largeflower rosegentian (Sabatia grandiflora, Gentianaceae)
Native
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Semaphore thoroughwort (Eupatorium mikanioides, Asteraceae)
Native
Thick, stiff leaves, triangular shaped
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Showy milkwort (Asemeia violacea, Polygalaceae)
Native
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Woodland false buttonweed (Spermacoce remota, Rubiaceae)
Native
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Spiny sowthistle (Sonchus asper, Asteraceae)
Not native
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Summer grape (Vitis aestivalis, Vitaceae)
Native
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Sweetscent; saltmarsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata, Asteraceae) Native
Leaves are stalked.
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Frostweed; white crownbeard (Verbesina virginica, Asteraceae)
Native
A robust plant; stems are winged.
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Woodland lettuce (Lactuca floridana, Asteraceae)
Native
Has sticky, milky white sap.
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Zarzabacoa comun; Beggarweed (Desmodium incanum, Fabaceae)
Not native
I love that name! It's a very common weed, but its tiny flowers are beautiful up close. It produces beggar ticks that stick to your socks.
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Columbian waxweed (Cuphea carthagenensis, Lythraceae)
Not native
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Wild bushbean; phasey bean (Macroptilium lathyroides, Fabaceae)
Not native
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Knot weed, smartweed, lady's-thumb (Polygonum spp., Polygonaceae)
Native?
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Leaf hopper
On gallberry
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Orange bettle
On gallberry.
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Lubber grasshopper
Crawling up through the Bacopa.
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Hawk
He was being harried by several tiny birds.
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Views
Upper: views looking north from Bee Head Rd
Below: view looking south on Fish Hole Rd
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