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 289–336 of 430 plants in Asteraceae
Prickly Sowthistle
Sonchus asper
Asteraceae
Introduced
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Asteraceae
NativeImperiled
Purple Cudweed
Gamochaeta purpurea
Asteraceae
Native
Purpledisk Honeycombhead
Balduina atropurpurea
Asteraceae
Native
Pussyfoot
Praxelis clematidea
Asteraceae
IntroducedInvasive II
Rayless Mock Goldenrod
Brintonia discoidea
Asteraceae
Native
Rayless Sunflower
Helianthus radula
Asteraceae
Native
Red Sunflower
Tithonia rotundifolia
Asteraceae
Introduced
Red Tasselflower
Emilia fosbergii
Asteraceae
Introduced
Red-Crescent Marigold
Tagetes lunulata
Asteraceae
Introduced
Red-Purple Ragwort
Senecio elegans
Asteraceae
Red-Seeded Dandelion
Taraxacum erythrospermum
Asteraceae
Introduced
Redflower Ragleaf
Crassocephalum crepidioides
Asteraceae
IntroducedInvasive II
Resindot Sunflower
Helianthus resinosus
Asteraceae
Native
Robin's-Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
Asteraceae
Native
Rose Rush
Lygodesmia aphylla
Asteraceae
Native
Rosy Camphorweed
Pluchea baccharis
Asteraceae
Native
Rough Blazing Star
Liatris aspera
Asteraceae
Native
Rough Boneset
Eupatorium pilosum
Asteraceae
Native
Rough Cocklebur
Xanthium strumarium
Asteraceae
Native
Rough Goldentop
Euthamia scabra
Asteraceae
Imperiled
Roughleaf Eupatorium
Eupatorium scabridum
Asteraceae
Round-Leaved Boneset
Eupatorium rotundifolium
Asteraceae
Native
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Asteraceae
Native
Safflower
Carthamus tinctorius
Asteraceae
Introduced
Saltwater False Willow
Baccharis angustifolia
Asteraceae
Native
Sanddune Chinchweed
Pectis glaucescens
Asteraceae
Native
Sandhill Blazing Star
Liatris secunda
Asteraceae
Native
Santa Maria Feverfew
Parthenium hysterophorus
Asteraceae
Introduced
Savanna Blazing Star
Liatris savannensis
Asteraceae
NativeEndemic
Savanna Sneezeweed
Helenium vernale
Asteraceae
Native
Savannah Aster
Symphyotrichum chapmanii
Asteraceae
NativeImperiled
Scaleleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum adnatum
Asteraceae
Native
Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
Asteraceae
Native
Scrub Goldenaster
Pityopsis aequilifolia
Asteraceae
NativeEndemic
Scrubland Goldenaster
Chrysopsis subulata
Asteraceae
NativeEndemic
Sea Ox-Eye
Borrichia frutescens
Asteraceae
Native
Seashore Ageratum
Ageratum maritimum
Asteraceae
NativeImperiled
Semaphore Thoroughwort
Eupatorium mikanioides
Asteraceae
NativeEndemic
Shaggy Blazing Star
Liatris elegantula
Asteraceae
Native
Shaggy Soldier
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Asteraceae
Introduced
Shiny Coneflower
Rudbeckia nitida
Asteraceae
Shortleaf Blazing Star
Liatris tenuifolia
Asteraceae
Native
Shortleaf Gayfeather
Liatris quadriflora
Asteraceae
Native
Shortleaf Sneezeweed
Helenium brevifolium
Asteraceae
Native
Siam Weed
Chromolaena odorata
Asteraceae
Native
Silverleaf Sunflower
Helianthus argophyllus
Asteraceae
Native
Silverling
Baccharis glomeruliflora
Asteraceae
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.