Bay cedar in flower. The small yellow flowers open a few at a time along the branch tips and can be found in almost any
Roundleaf thoroughwort in bloom at May Prairie, a wet prairie in Coffee County, Tennessee. Note the rounded, toothed, stalkless leaves in pairs along the stem.
Oblongleaf twinflower blooming in Florida, with flowers in pairs in the upper leaf axils. Photo: Mark A. Garland, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) Dyschoriste oblongifolia,
A prairie iris flower in Florida. The three broad, drooping sepals each carry a bright yellow crest, a feature shared with its close relatives in
A mature clump of Florida gamagrass in the pineland collection at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami. Photo: David J. Stang, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA
A flowering spike of eastern false dragonhead, with lavender, two-lipped flowers spaced along a slender stem. Photo: Alex Abair, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Carolina desert-thorn in full fruit on the shore at Cedar Key, Florida, in late January. The bright red berries ripen in fall and winter, which
Toothache grass in a longleaf pine savanna near Apalachicola, Florida, November. The curled, comb-like spikes stand well above the leaves. Photo: Scott Allen Davis, via
Chapman’s blazing star blooming in white sand among saw palmetto in an open Florida pineland. Photo: Alex Abair, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Liatris
A Florida goldenaster flower head in October. Exact locations of this rare plant are hidden on iNaturalist to protect it. Photo: Stan Shebs, via iNaturalist
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