Florida's wild plants
Plant Directory
2,965 native and 1,250 introduced plants, with where each one grows — from the Panhandle to the Keys.
Showing 1–32 of 32 plants in Bradford County, starting with W
Walter's Sedge
Carex striata
Cyperaceae
Native
Wand Hornpod
Mitreola sessilifolia
Loganiaceae
Native
Wand Mullein
Verbascum virgatum
Scrophulariaceae
Introduced
Warty Panic Grass
Kellochloa verrucosa
Poaceae
Native
Warty Sedge
Carex verrucosa
Cyperaceae
Native
Water Lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Araceae
NativeInvasive I
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Fagaceae
Native
Water Spangles
Salvinia minima
Salviniaceae
IntroducedInvasive I
Watergrass
Bulbostylis barbata
Cyperaceae
Introduced
Watershield
Brasenia schreberi
Cabombaceae
Native
Waterspider Bog Orchid
Habenaria repens
Orchidaceae
Native
Weedy Dwarfdandelion
Krigia cespitosa
Asteraceae
Native
Weeping Bottlebrush
Melaleuca viminalis
Myrtaceae
IntroducedInvasive II
West Indian Gherkin
Cucumis anguria
Cucurbitaceae
Introduced
Western Tansymustard
Descurainia pinnata
Brassicaceae
Native
White Beggarticks
Bidens alba
Asteraceae
Native
White Clover
Trifolium repens
Fabaceae
Introduced
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Oleaceae
Native
White Sweetclover
Melilotus albus
Fabaceae
Introduced
Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
Commelinaceae
Native
Whitetop Sedge
Rhynchospora colorata
Cyperaceae
Native
Whorled Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Araliaceae
Native
Wild Poinsettia
Euphorbia cyathophora
Euphorbiaceae
Native
Wild Potato Vine
Ipomoea pandurata
Convolvulaceae
Native
Wild Taro
Colocasia esculenta
Araceae
IntroducedInvasive I
Wineflower
Boerhavia diffusa
Nyctaginaceae
Native
Winged Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum
Lythraceae
Native
Wire-Plant
Stipulicida setacea
Caryophyllaceae
Native
Woodland False Buttonweed
Spermacoce remota
Rubiaceae
Native
Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
Cyperaceae
Native
Woolly Pawpaw
Asimina incana
Annonaceae
Native
Woolly Witchgrass
Dichanthelium scabriusculum
Poaceae
Native
Sources: verified observations and photos from iNaturalist contributors, descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), and the Florida Invasive Species Council plant list.