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This species is a perennial herb producing a hairy, erect stem up to about half a meter in maximum height. It grows from a network of rhizomes with tubers.The distinctive pale-colored tuber is several centimeters long and about one centimeter wide, and is segmented in such a way that it resembles the rattle on the tail of a rattlesnake, [6] the inspiration for the common name "rattlesnake weed ...
Desmodium tortuosum, the twisted tick trefoil, dixie tick trefoil, tall tick clover, Florida beggarweed, and giant beggar weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] It is native to Latin America, and widely introduced as a forage to much of the rest of the world's subtropics and tropics.
This category contains the native flora of Florida as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
Parietaria floridana, common name Florida pellitory, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States, the West Indies, and much of Latin America.In the US, the heart of its range extends from Florida, to Georgia and North and South Carolina, with isolated populations reported in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Hampshire, Kentucky and Delaware.
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae, native throughout the Caribbean, [3] including Florida. [4] It has many common names including blue porterweed , blue snake weed , bastard vervain , Brazilian tea , Jamaica vervain , [ 5 ] light-blue snakeweed , [ 6 ] and, in St. Croix , worryvine . source?
Chromolaena odorata is a tropical and subtropical species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae.It is native to the Americas, from Florida and Texas in the United States south through Mexico and the Caribbean [3] [4] to South America. [5]
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The flowers are greenish-white and borne in verticils in the leaf axils. The fruit is a purple-red drupe with two stones; the drupes are persistent through winter. Symphoricarpos orbiculatus can reach a height of 6 ft (180 cm), but is typically 3–4 ft (90–120 cm). [4] The plant is monoecious, with male and female flowers on the same individual.