Wildflower Lists and Info

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