Catclaw blackbead in bloom at Pointe Allègre, Guadeloupe, in the West Indian part of its native range. Each fluffy head is a cluster of small
Scarlet calamint in bloom in Alabama. Each long, tubular flower is built for hummingbirds. Photo: Teréz Pechová-Hurst, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Calamintha coccinea,
Scarlet creeper flowers in profile, showing the long, narrow red tube and the white stamens and style held beyond the mouth. Photo: Nativeplants garden, via
Snowberry in fruit, with drooping clusters of pure white berries among glossy, dark green leaves. Photo: DouglasGoldman, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Chiococca alba,
A flowering stem of roundpod St. John’s-wort in Osceola County, Florida, with narrow paired leaves and a flat-topped cluster of small yellow flowers and reddish
Eustis Lake beardtongue in full bloom near Alford, Jackson County, in the Florida Panhandle, in late April. Photo: Scott Allen Davis, via iNaturalist (CC BY
Savannah aster in bloom in the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida. Photo: Doug McGrady, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Symphyotrichum chapmanii, the Savannah Aster (also
Long Key locustberry in bloom in coastal limestone woodland on Big Pine Key, Florida. A single cluster holds white, pink and red flowers at the
Starry rosinweed blooming in the native plant garden at Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: Katherine Wagner-Reiss, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Darrow’s blueberry in bloom in Polk County, Florida, in March. The small, urn-shaped flowers hang in short clusters among the tiny evergreen leaves. Photo: Daniel
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