Florida Yellowtops

Flaveria floridana

Native to FloridaFlorida endemic

At a glance

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Flaveria
Status: Native to Florida · found nowhere else
Conservation: Globally vulnerable (G3) · Vulnerable in Florida (S3)
Sightings: 99 verified in Florida

About

Flaveria floridana, the Florida yellowtops, is a North American plant species of Flaveria within the family Asteraceae. It has been found only along the Gulf Coast of Florida between Clearwater and Marco Island, mostly in the Tampa Bay region.

Flaveria floridana is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (3.9 ft) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long. One plant can sometimes produce as many as 100 flower heads in a tightly packed array. Each head contains 9-14 yellow disc flowers. Sometimes it produces a single yellow ray flower as well.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Flaveria floridana”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it grows in Florida

PanhandleNorthCentral South Keys

Central: Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota
South: Charlotte, Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
Keys: Monroe

10 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.