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Rudbeckia laciniata
Very robust. Forms large patches. Given its potential to be very tall, it may needs to have support from adjacent plants.
Data on salt tolerance c
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Wildlife, Seeds eaten by small birds such as finches.
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Habitat, Forests
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bumble bees, butterflies
Larval host for the silvery checkerspot, found only in extreme north Florida.
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Prominant olive crownshaft
- Elegant appearance
- Forms an open canopy
- Flowers profusely year round
- Adequate fertalization required
Palafoxia feayi
Endemic to the Florida peninsula.
Since this gets tall, plant it at the rear of a wildflower garden. Blooms in mid-fall with blooms concentrated at t
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Habitat, Scrub and scrubby flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and moths
Types of bees that have been observed visiting the flowers at the Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup
- Christmas tree shape
- Silvery blue-green fronds
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
- Uncommon
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
Citharexylum spinosum
The shiny green leaves, gently fragrant flowers and glossy berries make this a charming plant. Can occasionally be subject to defoliation by the moth
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Wildlife, Berries eaten by many species of bids and other wildlife.
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Habitat, Dry sites. Pinelands, maritime and sub-tropical or tropical hammocks
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host for fiddlewood leafroller moth (Epicorsia oedipodalis) (Institut
- Falls over easily, may require staking
- Dark green leaves
- Attractive dark green leaves
Drosera tracyi
A similar species, Drosera filiformis is rare in the Florida panhandle and disjunct from northeastern US populations. In Florida, it is restricted to
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Tolerance, Unknown
Unknown
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Habitat, Savannas, bogs, moist disturbed ruderal areas (selected roadside swales), wet flatwoods
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
The plant both attracts insects for pollination and traps and digests insects. Though this species has not been well studied, other sp
- Ideal for smaller spaces
- Adequate moisture required
- Imposing stature
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
