Endangered and Threatened Plants
The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
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Barbed Wire Cactus
Acanthocereus tetragonus
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Barbed Wire Cactus
Acanthocereus tetragonus
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Golden Leather Fern
Acrostichum aureum
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Golden Leather Fern
Acrostichum aureum
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White Baneberry
Actaea pachypoda
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White Baneberry
Actaea pachypoda
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Incised Agrimony
Agrimonia incisa
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Incised Agrimony Seed Capsule
Agrimonia incisa
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Incised Agrimony Seed Capsuless
Agrimonia incisa
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Incised Agrimony
Agrimonia incisa
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Miami Leadplant
Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata
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Roundleaf Liverleaf
Anemone americana
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Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
This Wild Columbine is lit by some dappled sunlight. -
Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
This is a bee's or hummingbird's view of the Wild Columbine. -
Virginia Snakeroot
Aristolochia serpentaria
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Woolly Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia tomentosa
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Common Leopardbane
Arnica acaulis
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Common Leopardbane
Arnica acaulis
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Common Leopardbane Seedheads
Arnica acaulis
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White Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum album
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White Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum album
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Variableleaf Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum diversifolium
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Heartleaf Ginger
Asarum arifolium
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Green Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora
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Green Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora
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Green Milkweed
Asclepias viridula
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Green Milkweed
Asclepias viridula
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Green Milkweed
Asclepias viridula
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Four-petaled Pawpaw
Asimina tetramera
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Single-sorus Spleenwort
Asplenium monanthes
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Purpledisk Honeycombhead
Balduina atropurpurea
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Hairy Florida Wild Indigo
Baptisia calycosa var. villosa
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Apalachicola Wild Indigo
Baptisia megacarpa
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Scareweed
Baptisia simplicifolia
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Scareweed
Baptisia simplicifolia
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Nuttall's Rayless Goldenrod
Bigelowia nuttallii
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Nuttall's Rayless Goldenrod
Bigelowia nuttallii
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Nuttall's Rayless Goldenrod
Bigelowia nuttallii
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Florida Lady's Nightcap
Bonamia grandiflora
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Florida Lady's Nightcap
Bonamia grandiflora
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Smooth Strongbark
Bourreria cassinifolia
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Bahama Strongbark
Bourreria succulenta
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Bahama Strongbark
Bourreria succulenta
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Flyr's Nemesis
Brickellia cordifolia
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Flyr's Nemesis
Brickellia cordifolia
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Ashe's Calamint
Calamintha ashei
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Toothed Savory
Calamintha dentata
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Georgia Calamint
Calamintha georgiana
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Poppy Mallow
Callirhoe papaver
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Many-flowered Grasspink Orchid
Calopogon multiflorus
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Many-flowered Grasspink Orchids
Calopogon multiflorus
Very few people get to see the Many-flowered Grasspink Orchid which appears only in very recently burned areas and blooms for just a few days. Read more about this Natural Encounter In Search of the Many-Flowered Grasspink Orchid -
Many-flowered Grasspink Orchid
Calopogon multiflorus
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Many-flowered Grasspink Orchid Seeds
Calopogon multiflorus
The orchid's seed capsule releases its fine dust-like seeds in the wind. -
Bartram's Ixia
Calydorea caelestina
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Catesby's False Bindweed
Calystegia catesbeiana
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Brooksville Bellflower
Campanula robinsiae
This extremely tiny and rare Bellflower is being raised at Bok Tower Gardens in an effort to secure the population's future. -
Baltzell's Sedge
Carex baltzellii
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Smallflower Lilythorn
Catesbaea parviflora
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Wedge Sandmat
Chamaesyce deltoidea ssp. deltoidea
Notice the limestone in which it is growing, an indicator of the rocky pinelands habitat of Dade and Monroe counties to which it is restricted. -
Pygmy Fringetree
Chionanthus pygmaeus
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Cape Sable Thoroughwort
Chromolaena frustrata
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Florida Goldenaster
Chrysopsis floridana
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Florida Goldenaster
Chrysopsis floridana
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Perforate Lichen
Cladonia perforata
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Perforate Lichen
Cladonia perforata
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Sweet-scented Pigeonwings
Clitoria fragrans
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Sweet-scented Pigeonwings
Clitoria fragrans
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Etonia False Rosemary
Conradina etonia
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Etonia False Rosemary
Conradina etonia
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Apalachicola False Rosemary
Conradina glabra
The Apalachicola False Rosemary is found in two disjunct counties (Liberty and Santa Rosa) in the florida Panhandle. -
Apalachicola False Rosemary
Conradina glabra
The leaves of the Apalachicola False Rosemary impart a pleasant spicy fragrance when touched. -
Butterfly Sage
Cordia globosa
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Butterfly Sage
Cordia globosa
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Chipola Coreopsis
Coreopsis integrifolia
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Chipola Coreopsis
Coreopsis integrifolia
The flower is named after the Chipola River along which it is found. This beautiful Coreopsis is also known as Fringeleaf Dyeflower because of cilia found on the leaf margins. Someone made the accurate observation that leaves feel like the plastic in plastic cups! -
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
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Croomia
Croomia pauciflora
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Croomia
Croomia pauciflora
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Croomia
Croomia pauciflora
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Maidenberry
Crossopetalum rhacoma
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Avon Park Rattlebox
Crotalaria avonensis
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Canadian Honewort
Cryptotaenia canadensis
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Canadian Honewort
Cryptotaenia canadensis
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Florida Toothachegrass
Ctenium floridanum
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Okeechobee Gourd
Cucurbita okeechobeensis
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Tropical Waxweed
Cuphea aspera
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Wild Comfrey
Cynoglossum virginianum
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Wild Comfrey
Cynoglossum virginianum
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Beachstar
Cyperus pedunculatus
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Cowhorn Orchid
Cyrtopodium punctatum
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Cowhorn Orchid
Cyrtopodium punctatum
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Carolina Larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum
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Ghost Orchid
Dendrophylax lindenii
I had the privilege of seeing this Ghost Orchid growing on a Royal Palm in the Fakahatchee Strand in south Florida. The locations of Ghost Orchids and other orchids are kept as quiet as possible in order to protect them from unscrupulous collectors. -
Christman's Mint
Dicerandra christmanii
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Christman's Mint
Dicerandra christmanii
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Robin's Mint
Dicerandra cornutissima
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Robin's Mint
Dicerandra cornutissima
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Scrub Balm
Dicerandra frutescens
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Lakela's Balm
Dicerandra immaculata var. immaculata
The species name immaculata means spotless or without spots.