A Curaçao bush flower head. The small white flowers open a few at a time from a dense, bristly ball of calyces, which gives the
A flowering spike of slender gayfeather at the edge of oak scrub. Unlike most blazing stars, its small heads sit on short stalks, so the
Atlantic St. John’s-wort in bloom. The five bright yellow petals surround a spray of stamens, and the short, needle-like leaves crowd the stems below. Photo:
A flowering clump of goldenclub in a pond at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. Each white stalk ends in a golden spike of
A lavender-blue flower head of Stokes’ aster, about 3 inches across. Photo: Philiptdotcom, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Stokesia laevis, Stokes’ Aster, is a
Sea rosemary holding the open sand just above the tide line at Plage de l’Anse des Châteaux, Guadeloupe. The silver-gray rosettes are the easiest field
Shiny blueberry in bloom in March at Frenchman’s Forest Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida. Photo: Bob Peterson, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Vaccinium
Saltmeadow cordgrass in a high salt marsh. Its thin stems topple over and lie in the swirling “cowlicks” typical of this grass. Photo: Dana Filippini,
Seacoast marsh elder in flower at Bahia Honda Key, Florida. The small, greenish flower heads are tucked among leafy bracts along the upper stems. Photo:
Florida boxwood in fruit in a dry forest in Salinas, Puerto Rico, September. Only female plants produce the red fruits. Photo: ritirene, via iNaturalist (CC
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