
CREW is well-known for it’s stunning array of wildflowers at various times of the year. Photos of some CREW flowers can be found on our FlickR page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/crewtrust/
Additional resources to help you find and ID southwest Florida native wildflowers include:
- A Guide to Native Wildflowers of Southwest Florida by Gary Schmelz and Glen Stacell
- Everglades Wildflowers by Roger Hammer (includes many found at CREW)
- Florida Wildflower Foundation
- The Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Below is a partial list of wildflowers found at CREW:
Common Name | Scientific Name | Color | Bloom time | Habitat |
American Beautyberry | Callicarpa americana | Purple | Spring, Summer | Flatwoods, hammocks |
American Blueheart | Buchnera americana | Purple | All Year | Flatwoods |
Arrowhead | Sagittaria lancifolia | White | Spring, Summer, Fall | Ponds, swamps, ditches |
Bay Lobelia | Lobelia feayana | Purple | All Year | Open, moist grassy areas |
Beeblossom | Gaura angustifolia | Pink | All Year | Flatwoods |
Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia species | Yellow | All Year | Flatwoods |
Blackroot | Pterocaulon pycnostachyum | White | All Year | Flatwoods |
Bladderwort | Utricularia species | Yellow | All Year | Ponds, swamps, ditches |
Blazing Star | Liatris species | Purple | Fall | Flatwoods |
Blue-eyed Grass | Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Purple | Spring, Summer | Wet flatwoods |
Butterflyweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Orange | Summer | Flatwoods |
Butterweed | Packera glabellus | Yellow | Spring, Summer | Open, wet areas |
Butterwort | Pinguicula species | Purple | Spring | Flatwoods |
Camphorweed | Pluchea rosea | Purple | Spring, Summer | Marshes, wet flatwoods |
Candyroot | Polygala nana | Yellow | All Year | Flatwoods, bogs |
Chocolateweed | Melochia spicata | Purple | All Year | Flatwoods |
Coralbean | Erythrina herbacea | Red | Spring, Summer | Hammocks |
Creeping Spotflower | Acmella oppositifolia | Yellow | Summer, Fall | Floodplain forests |
Elephant Foot | Elephantopus elatus | Purple | Summer, Fall | Flatwoods |
False Buttonweed | Spermacoce species | White | All Year | Flatwoods |
False Dragonhead | Physostegia purpurea | Pink | Spring, Summer, Fall | Marshes, swamps |
False Foxglove | Agalinis species | Pink | Summer, Fall | Wet flatwoods |
False Reinorchid | Habenaria species | White | All Year | Flatwoods, swamps, hammocks |
Fleabane | Erigeron species | White | All Year | Flatwoods |
Frostweed | Verbesina virginica | White | Spring, Summer, Fall | Hammock margins |
Glades Lobelia | Lobelia glandulosa | Purple | All Year | Wet flatwoods, swamps, bogs |
Goldenaster | Chrysopsis species | Yellow | Summer, Fall | Flatwoods |
Goldenrod | Solidago species | Yellow | Spring, Summer, Fall | Flatwoods |
Gopher Apple | Licania michauxii | White | Summer | Flatwoods, wet prairies |
Grass-pink | Calopogon tuberosus | Pink | Spring, Summer | Marsh edges |
Ladies’-Tresses | Spiranthes species | White | Spring, Summer | Flatwoods, wetlands |
Lanceleaf Milkweed | Asclepias lanceolata | Orange | Summer | Marshes |
Large-flower Polygala | Polygala grandiflora | Purple | All Year | Flatwoods |
Lyreleaf Sage | Salvia lyrata | Purple | Spring, Summer, Fall | Hammocks |
Marsh Pink | Sabatia stellaris | Pink | All Year | Marshes |
Meadowbeauty | Rhexia species | Pink | Spring, Summer, Fall | Wet flatwoods, marshes |
Mexican Clover | Richardia grandiflora | White | All Year | Open disturbed sites |
Milk Pea | Galactia elliottii | White | Summer, Fall | Flatwoods |
Mistflower | Conoclinium coelestinum | Purple | All Year | Wet hammocks, pond margins |
Musky Mint | Hyptis alata | White | All Year | Wet flatwoods, pond margins |
Orange Milkwort | Polygala lutea | Orange | All Year | Flatwoods |
Partridge-pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | Yellow | All Year | Flatwoods |
Pawpaw | Asimina reticulata | White | Spring | Flatwoods |
Pennyroyal | Piloblephis rigida | Purple | All Year | Flatwoods |
Pickerelweed | Pontederia cordata | Purple | All Year | Marshes, ditches, ponds |
Pine Hyacinth | Clematis species | Purple | Spring, Summer, Fall | Wet flatwoods |
Pine Lily | Lilium catesbaei | Orange | Fall | Moist flatwoods, savannahs |
Pineland Daisy | Chaptalia tomentosa | White | Winter, Spring | Wet flatwoods, bogs |
Pineland Heliotrope | Heliotropium polyphyllum | White | All Year | Flatwoods, pond margins |
Pineland Pimpernel | Samolus valerandi | White | All Year | Wet flatwoods |
Pineland Purple | Carphephorus species | Purple | Summer, Fall | Moist flatwoods, bogs |
Pitted Stripeseed | Piriqueta caroliniana | Yellow | All Year | Flatwoods |
Primrose | Ludwigia species | Yellow | All Year | Flatwoods, wetlands |
Rabbitbells | Crotolaria rotundifolia | Yellow | All Year | Flatwoods |
Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | White | Spring, Summer, Fall | Flatwoods, bogs |
Saltmarsh Mallow | Kosteletzkya virginica | Pink | Spring, Summer, Fall | Marshes |
Silk-grass | Pityopsis graminifolia | Yellow | Spring, Summer, Fall | Flatwoods |
Skyflower | Hydrolea corymbosa | Purple | Spring, Summer, Fall | Marshes, ponds, ditches |
Sneezeweed | Helenium pinnatifidum | Yellow | Spring, Summer | Wet flatwoods |
Snowy Squarestem | Melanthera nivea | White | Summer, Fall | Flatwoods, hammocks |
Southeastern Sunflower | Helianthus species | Yellow | Summer, Fall | Moist flatwoods |
Southern Dewberry | Rubus trivialis | White | Spring | Dry hammocks |
Spanish Needles | Bidens alba | White | All Year | Disturbed sites |
St. Johnswort | Hypericum species | Yellow | All Year | Flatwoods, marshes |
Staggerbush | Lyonia fruticosa | White | Spring, Summer | Flatwoods |
Starrush Whitetop | Rhynchospora colorata | White | All Year | Moist flatwoods |
Tarflower | Bejaria racemosa | White | Spring, Summer, Fall | Flatwoods |
Thistle | Cirsium species | Purple | All Year | Flatwoods |
Tickseed | Coreopsis species | Yellow | All Year | Wet Flatwoods |
Violet | Viola species | Purple | Spring | Moist flatwoods |
Water Dropwort | Oxypolis filiformis | White | Summer, Fall | Wet flatwoods, swamps |
Water Lily | Nymphaea | White | Spring, Summer, Fall | Ponds, canals |
White Bachelor’s Button | Polygala balduinii | White | All Year | Wet flatwoods, marshes |
Wild Coco | Eulophia alta | Purple | Fall | Wet flatwoods, marshes, swamps |
Wild Petunia | Ruella caroliniensis | Purple | Spring, Summer, Fall | Flatwoods, hammocks |
Winged Loosestrife | Lythrum alatum | Purple | Summer, Fall | Flatwoods, marshes, swamps |
Winged Sumac | Rhus copallinum | White | Summer, Fall | Flatwoods, dry hammocks |
Wood Sage | Teucrium canadense | Pink | Summer, Fall | Wet hammocks, marshes |
Yellow-eyed Grass | Xyris species | Yellow | Spring, Summer | Moist flatwoods, marshes |
Yellow-Star Grass | Hypoxis juncea | Yellow | All Year | Flatwoods, bogs |