Florida's Wildflowers
Reds and Oranges

Feay's Prairieclover - Dalea feayi

Family - Fabaceae

Habitat - Scrub, Scrubby Flatwoods

Description - Native Florida herbaceous wildflower, perennial, height 18-24 inches, leaves are linear, opposite. Globose spikes of numerous small pink flowers.

Lindenleaf Rosemallow - Hibiscus furcellatus

Family - Malvaceae

Habitat - Commonly found at edges of wet prairies and freshwater marshes, swamps and other moderately moist sites.

Description - Native, perennial, may grow as a shrub or herbaceous plant, 6 to 8 feet tall.

Flower - Pale pink, pale purple with red to purple center, 6 inches wide.

Mexican Clover, Florida snow - Richardia grandiflora

Family - Rubiaceae

Habitat - Disturbed areas, roadsides

Description - Introduced to Florida from S. America, height 4-6 inches, forms dense mats, a common lawn weed in S. Florida.

Flower - Small, white to pinkish-lavender color.

Chandelier plant - Kalanchoe delagoensis

Family - Crassulaceae

Chandelier plant is a herbaceous perennial plant native to Madagascar notable for its ability to reproduce vegetatively by growing small plant-lets on the leaf margins that drop off and quickly take root.

Plant stems are erect, rounded,up to about 3 feet tall. Leaves are cylindrical, grooved and waxy, arranged opposite or whorled in threes on the stem, grey green to reddish green in color with darker brownish spots, oblong, 1-6 inches long with entire margins and small cone shaped teeth at the apex.

Red flowers are tubular in form with yellow streaks 1-3 inches long are produced on umbels in winter, the numerous flowers hang down in a fashion resembling a chandelier. Plant is toxic to animals.

Brazilian Vervain - Verbena brasiliensis

Family - Verbenaceae

Habitat - Wet Prairie, Ruderal on moist or wet soils

Description - Not native, an introduced herbaceous annual with angled branching stems to 6 feet or slightly more in height. Leaves are opposite, elliptic to obovate with fine to coarsely serrate margins.

Brazilian Vervain produces umerous small pink to lavender on 2 inch long heads.

Lion's Ear, Christmas candlestick - Leonotis nepetifolia

Family - Lamiaceae

Habitat - Ruderal

Description - Introduced annual, native to Africa. Lion's ear is very attractive to bees, butterflies and hummingbirds which dine on nectar from the tubular, 1 inch orange flowers. Growing to about eight feet tall this erect herb has square stems and aromatic leaves typical of members of the mint family.

Florida Tasselflower - Emilia fosbergii

Family - Asteraceae

Not native, believed to have originated in Asia, now found in warm climates around the world. This herbaceous annual grows up to 39 inches tall with its stems simple or branched, often being thin and weak in structure.

Tasselflower blooms primarily in winter but will also bloom through-out the year in warm climates, flowers are composed of 50-60 disk florets, ray florets are absent. Leaves are variable and may be sessile/clasping, violin shaped, or lobed/with a winged petiole and toothed margins.