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Silphium compositum
Wildflower garden.
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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, Seeds eaten by birds
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Habitat, Sandhills, flatwoods, ruderal.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Attractive glossy leaves
- Wonderfully fragrant at night
- Unique and prized
- Thick branching into attractive silouttes
- Striking silhouette
Rhabdadenia biflora
Grow on a trellis, but keep it fairly short to keep the flowers at a level where they will be enjoyed. Can be grown as a container plant.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure t
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Habitat, Fringes of mangrove swamps.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
May attract sphinx moths.
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
- Elegant, dense canopy
- Does best in cooler areas of South Florida
Consolea corallicola
This is an ENDANGERED plant (listed both Florida and US). Please acquire this endemic plant only from a reputable source.
One of several cactus specie
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Considertions, Distinctly thorny. Will need protection from invasive cactus moth.
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Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock, coastal rock barren, freshwater tidal swamp and inland margins of mangrove swamp. Photographs are of specimens planted at
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Thorns, Hurricane wind resistance
Consolea corallicola has extremely low genetic diversity as the o
- Prominent pale green crownshaft
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Slender and elegant
- Stunning and colorful while in bloom
- Wind tolerant
Carphephorus odoratissimus
Wildflower garden or meadow..
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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, Hydric to mesic pine flatwoods, cutthroat seeps, sandhills, flatwoods, bogs, pond margins.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts many butterflies (NSIS), bees and other pollinators.
Documented bees include Augochlorella aurata, Dianthidium floridiense, C
- Moderately drought tolerant
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
- Striking silhouette
- Unique, fern-like leaves
- Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
