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Pineland chaffhead (Carphephorus carnosus, Asteraceae)
Native, Florida endemic
Found only this one plant.
Native, Florida endemic
Found only this one plant.
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Chapman's goldenrod (Solidago odora var. chapmanii, Asteraceae)
Native
Native
Most of the goldenrod was going to seed, which gave them a frosted look.
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Pitted stripeseed; piriqueta (Piriqueta cistoides, Turneraceae)
Native
Native
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Rose-rush (Lygodesmia aphylla, Asteraceae)
Native
Native
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Giant orchid; non-crested eulophia (Eulophia ecristata, Orchidaceae)
Native, threatened in Florida
Native, threatened in Florida
This was a new flower for me. This specimen was almost 3-ft tall, bare stalk with flowers at top. Flowers are green with lower lip brown or dark purple. Habitat is dry, sandy sites, pinelands.
Roger Hammer in his book, Everglades Wildflowers, 2nd Ed., states, "Recent DNA work at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, has reinstated this species in the genus Elophia from Pteroglossaspis." Another common name for this species is "crestless plume orchid."
Roger Hammer in his book, Everglades Wildflowers, 2nd Ed., states, "Recent DNA work at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, has reinstated this species in the genus Elophia from Pteroglossaspis." Another common name for this species is "crestless plume orchid."
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Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata, Apocynaceae)
Native
Native
I have not been able to identify the beetle that was grazing on the flowers.
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