Panhandle, June 9, 2016

Mostly wildflowers we've seen in the panhandle before. New this time was Pinckneya bracteata shrubs along SR 20 and yellow bladderwort floating on a couple of small ponds along US 98.

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Along SR 65, tree farm, railroad tracks east of SR 65

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Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus, Asteraceae)
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Brazilian vervain (Verbena brasiliensis, Verenaceae)
Not native
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Savannah meadowbeauty (Rhexia alifanus, Melastomataceae)
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White meadowbeauty; Apalachicola meadowbeauty (Rhexia parviflora, Melastomataceae)
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Yellow meadowbeauty (Rhexia lutea, Melastomataceae)
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Savannah primrosewillow (Ludwigia virgata, Onagraceae)
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Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana, Haemodoraceae)
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Yaupon blacksenna (Seymeria cassioides, Orobanchaceae)

There are two species of Seymeria. Both have yellow-green foliage, but S. cassioides leaf segments are needle-like.
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Thistleleaf aster (Eurybia eryngiifolia, Asteraceae)
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Virginia buttonweed (Diodia virginiana, Rubiaceae)
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American bluehearts (Buchnera americana, Orobanchaceae)
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South American mock vervain; moss verbena (Glandularia aristigera, Verbenaceae)
Not native
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Coreopsis sp.
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Drumheads (Polygala cruciata, Polygalaceae)
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Yellow pitcher plant; trumpets (Sarracenia flava, Sarraceniaceae)
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Elliott's yelloweyed grass (Xyris elliotti, Xyridaceae)
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Low pinebarren milkwort (Polygama ramosa, Polygalaceae)
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Tracy's sundew (Drosera tracyi, Droseraceae)
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Pink sundew (Drosera capillaris, Droseraceae)
Foxtail club-moss (Lycopodiella alopecuroides, Lycopodiaceae)
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Whitetassels (Dalea carnea var. gracilis, Fabaceae)
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Manyflower beardtongue (Penstemon multiflorus, Plantaginaceae)
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Yellow colicroot (Aletris lutea, Nartheciaceae)
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Parrot pitcherplant (Sarracenia psittacina, Sarraceniaceae)
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Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare, Eriocaulaceae)
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Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus, Malvaceae)
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Fevertree (Pinckneya bracteata, Rubiaceae)

This interesting shrub is found in southern Georgia and South Carolina, and in the eastern panhandle and three northern counties of Florida. We spotted several large shrubs of Pinckneya on the north side of SR 20 east of Blountstown. What initially appeared to be large, pink petals turned out to be sepals, with the actual flowers clustered in the center, similar to Poinsettias. In earlier days, malaria and other fevers were treated at home with a medicine made from the inner bark of this tree. This species is related to the Cinchona Tree (Cinchona ledgerina) of South America, the original source of quinine.

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Largeflower rosegentian (Sabatia grandiflora, Gentianaceae)
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Showy milkwort (Asemeia violacea, Polygalaceae)
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Yellow bladderwort (Utricularia sp., Lentibulariaceae)

We saw two small ponds along the north side of US 98, west of Perry, that were covered in small yellow flowers. I assume the flowers were some species of yellow bladderwort, possibly Floating Bladderwort (Utricularia inflata).
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