Native range

Native plants of Florida

133 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Florida, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 97 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 151 of 151 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Florida is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 151 plants, 139 have been checked against outside sources (6 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Bluestar
Amsonia
Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

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