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 49–76 of 76 plants in Rubiaceae
Queen of Philippines
Mussaenda philippica
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Redgal
Morinda royoc
Rubiaceae
Native
Rockland Snowberry
Chiococca pinetorum
Rubiaceae
Imperiled
Rough Buttonweed
Hexasepalum teres
Rubiaceae
Native
Rough Velvetseed
Guettarda scabra
Rubiaceae
Native
Roundleaf Bluet
Houstonia procumbens
Rubiaceae
Native
Seven-Year Apple
Casasia clusiifolia
Rubiaceae
Native
Shiny-Leaved Wild Coffee
Psychotria nervosa
Rubiaceae
Native
Shrubby False Buttonweed
Spermacoce verticillata
Rubiaceae
IntroducedInvasive II
Skunk Vine
Paederia foetida
Rubiaceae
IntroducedInvasive I
Smallflower Lilythorn
Catesbaea parviflora
Rubiaceae
NativeImperiled
South American Mexican Clover
Richardia humistrata
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Southern Bluet
Houstonia micrantha
Rubiaceae
Native
Spermacoce dasycephala
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Spermacoce keyensis
Rubiaceae
Native
Spermacoce tetraquetra
Rubiaceae
Native
Stiff Marsh Bedstraw
Galium tinctorium
Rubiaceae
Native
Summer Bluet
Houstonia purpurea
Rubiaceae
Native
Tiny Bluet
Houstonia pusilla
Rubiaceae
Native
Torch Tree
Ixora pavetta
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Tropical Girdlepod
Mitracarpus hirtus
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Tropical Mexican Clover
Richardia brasiliensis
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Velvet-Leafed Wild Coffee
Psychotria tenuifolia
Rubiaceae
Native
West Indian Milkberry
Chiococca alba
Rubiaceae
Native
White Indigoberry
Randia aculeata
Rubiaceae
Native
Woodland False Buttonweed
Spermacoce remota
Rubiaceae
Native
Yellow Mussaenda
Pseudomussaenda flava
Rubiaceae
Yerba De Guava
Coccocypselum hirsutum
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Sources: verified observations and photos from iNaturalist contributors, descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), and the Florida Invasive Species Council plant list.