Plants of Florida - Yellow Flower Gallery 2


Florida's Nature/Home Florida Plants Native Trees & Shrubs Wild Exotic Plants Florida Vines Browse a list of plants Florida Wildflowers White Wildflowers Red/Orange Wildflowers Yellow Wildflowers Blue/Purple Wildflowers Landscape Plants Trees Shrubs Florida Habitats Wetland Habitats Upland Habitats Florida Wildlife Birds Butterflies/Insects Reptiles/Amphibians Reference Books/Websites Glossary	Florida Wildflowers Yellow Wildflowers - Page 1 2 3
	On this page - Partridge Pea, Maryland Goldenaster, Wireweed, East Coast Dune Sunflower, Prickly-pear Cactus, Blackeyed-susan, Pitted Stripeseed, Yelloweyed Grass, Yellow Colicroot, Narrowleaf Silkgrass Click any image for a larger version Partridge Pea - Chamaecrista fasciculata Family - Fabaceae Habitat - Pinelands, Open Woodlands, Disturbed sites Description - Native annual herbaceous wildflower to 3 feet in height. Flower - 1 1/2 inches, 5 unequal petals yellow with red spots at base, stems erect to arching, leaves pinnately compound with bristle tipped leaflets. Fruit is a flattened pod Maryland Goldenaster - Chrysopsis mariana Family - Asteraceae Habitat - Sandhill, open sandy areas of flatwoods Description - Perennial, Forb/Herb to 3 feet high, basal leaves are oblanceolate, stem leaves lanceolate, young growth is silky or pubescent. Flower - Golden yellow numerous rays surround a yellow to brownish yellow central disk. Common Fanpetals, Wireweed - Sida acuta Family - Malvaceae Habitat - Sandy well drained soils of flatwoods, prairie Description - Shrubby, tough stemmed perennial, ranging from 11 to 36 inches high, leaves alternate, slender, lanceolate, acute, toothed margins, 1- 3.9 inches long. Flower - Pale yellow, yellow or orange with 5 petals, just under1 inch, joined at base. East Coast Dune Sunflower - Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis Family - Asteraceae Habitat - Coastal Strand, open areas on the east coast of Florida. Description - Native Florida herbaceous annual or perennial wildflower. Height - 18 inches Prickly-pear Cactus - Opuntia humifusa Family - Cactaceae Habitat - Dry, sandy, open woodlands, Coastal strand behind dune line. Description - Attains heights of 8 feet or more, armed with long sharp spines and smaller hair-like, barbed spines called glochids, dark green dull or shiny pads up to about 8 inches long. Flower - Yellow to 3 inches across, blooming in spring and summer, followed by green oblong fruit tuning reddish or reddish purple at maturity. Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta Family - Asteraceae Habitat - Pinelands Description - Native Florida herbaceous wildflower. May grow as an annual, biennial or perennial, up to 3 feet tall. Basal rosette leaves are rough, diamond shaped. Branched, prickly flower stem bears hairy, lanceolate leaves 2 -3 inches long. Flower - To 3 inches across, 10 -20 yellow to golden rays surround a conical, purplish-brown central disk. Piriqueta, Pitted Stripeseed - Piriqueta cistoides ssp. caroliniana Family - Turneraceae Habitat - Open sunny areas of Pinelands, borders of marshes and moist locations. Description - Native perennial herb to 15 inches high. Leaf elliptic, variable margin & texture. Yellow flower has 5 petals, to about 1 1/2 inches across, Piriqueta blooms from spring through fall. Yellow-eyed Grass - Xyris Sp. Family - Xyridaceae Habitat - Wet woodlands, Marshes and Wet Prairie Description - Common native perennial herb - 2 dozen species in Florida. Flat liner basil leaves. Flower - Scaly brown spikes, 2.5 centimeters long, producing small, deep yellow flowers. Yellow Colicroot - Aletris lutea Family - Nartheciaceae Habitat - Wet Pinelands, Wet Prairie. Moist to wet sandy soils. Description - Native perennial herb, with yellowish-green lanceolate basil leaves in a rosette to 6 inches high, flowering spike to near 3 feet in the spring & summer. Flower - Yellow, on tall stalks with a mealy/grainy appearance to 1 cm. long. Narrowleaf Silkgrass - Pityopsis graminifolia Family - Asteraceae Habitat - Sandhill, Scrub, Dry Pine Flatwoods, Dry Prairie, Ruderal. Sandy, well drained soils. Description - Native Perennial, Herb to 3 feet tall. Lanceolate "grass-like" leaves, silky, silvery pubescent. Form is variable. Flower - Yellow, 1 1/4 inch with 8-13 rays, spring through fall. Yellow Flower Galleries 1 2 3
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