Wild coffee with ripe red fruits at Spruce Bluff Preserve, Port St. Lucie, Florida. Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY
Woolly huckleberry flowering with its new leaves in April near Panama City Beach, Florida. Photo: Scott Allen Davis, via iNaturalist (CC BY) Gaylussacia mosieri, the
The small, cup-shaped flowers of yellow anise are only about ½ inch across. Photo: Alex Abair, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Illicium parviflorum, Yellow
Whitetop aster in flower along the Florida National Scenic Trail in late April. Unlike most asters, it blooms in spring. Photo: Karen Guin, via Wikimedia
A mature, multi-trunked moundlily yucca in full bloom, with dense spikes of creamy white flowers held above the leaf rosettes. Photo: Meneerke bloem, via Wikimedia
Coastal plain staggerbush blooming in the scrub at Juno Dunes Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida. Note the rusty scales on the buds, stems and
Alligator flag in bloom: the flower stalks rise well above the leaves and carry drooping, zigzag branches of small purple flowers. Photo: Alex Abair, via
Elliott’s aster in full fall bloom. Its pale pink to lavender rays and yellow centers that age to pink and brown give a mixed, two-toned
Bahama ladder brake growing from solution holes in limestone in Coral Gables, Florida, its typical setting. Photo: Douglas Goldman, via iNaturalist (CC BY-SA 4.0) Bahama
Yellow waterlily in bloom at Wacissa Spring in north Florida. Clear, spring-fed water with a near-neutral pH is a typical natural habitat in Florida. Photo:
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