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 1–48 of 76 plants in Rubiaceae
Antillean Firebush
Hamelia cuprea
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Azure Bluet
Houstonia caerulea
Rubiaceae
Native
Bahama Wild Coffee
Psychotria ligustrifolia
Rubiaceae
NativeImperiled
Bald Bedstraw
Galium orizabense
Rubiaceae
Native
Basil-Like Button Weed
Spermacoce ocymoides
Rubiaceae
Native
Beach-Creeper
Ernodea littoralis
Rubiaceae
Native
Black Torch
Erithalis fruticosa
Rubiaceae
Native
Bosc's Mille Graines
Oldenlandia boscii
Rubiaceae
Native
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Rubiaceae
Native
Buttonweed
Diodia virginiana
Rubiaceae
Native
Caribbean Princewood
Exostema caribaeum
Rubiaceae
NativeImperiled
Catchweed Bedstraw
Galium aparine
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Chinese Ixora
Ixora chinensis
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Clustered Mille Graines
Edrastima uniflora
Rubiaceae
Native
Coastal Bedstraw
Galium bermudense
Rubiaceae
Native
Coffee
Coffea arabica
Rubiaceae
IntroducedImperiled
Coker's Beach Creeper
Ernodea cokeri
Rubiaceae
Imperiled
Common Gardenia
Gardenia jasminoides
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Creeping Bluet
Oldenlandiopsis callitrichoides
Rubiaceae
Native
Diacrodon compressus
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Diamond-Flowers
Stenaria nigricans
Rubiaceae
Native
Dotted Wild Coffee
Psychotria punctata
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Egyptian Star-Cluster
Pentas lanceolata
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Everglades Key False Buttonweed
Spermacoce neoterminalis
Rubiaceae
NativeEndemic
Everglades Velvetseed
Guettarda elliptica
Rubiaceae
Native
False Cleavers
Galium spurium
Rubiaceae
Native
Field Madder
Sherardia arvensis
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Firebush
Hamelia patens
Rubiaceae
Native
Florida Pusley
Richardia scabra
Rubiaceae
Native
Georgia Bark
Pinckneya bracteata
Rubiaceae
Native
Hairy Bedstraw
Galium pilosum
Rubiaceae
Native
Harper's Buttonweed
Diodia harperi
Rubiaceae
Native
Jungle Flame
Ixora coccinea
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Largeflower Pusley
Richardia grandiflora
Rubiaceae
IntroducedInvasive II
Licorice Bedstraw
Galium circaezans
Rubiaceae
Native
Long-Leaved Bluets
Houstonia longifolia
Rubiaceae
Native
Noni
Morinda citrifolia
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Old World Diamond Flower
Oldenlandia corymbosa
Rubiaceae
Native
Oldenlandia salzmannii
Rubiaceae
Introduced
One-Flowered Bedstraw
Galium uniflorum
Rubiaceae
Native
Onion Vine
Paederia cruddasiana
Rubiaceae
IntroducedInvasive I
Oval-Leaf False-Buttonweed
Spermacoce latifolia
Rubiaceae
Native
Panama Rose
Arachnothryx leucophylla
Rubiaceae
Introduced
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
Rubiaceae
Native
Pentodon pentandrus
Rubiaceae
Native
Pineland Milkberry
Chiococca parvifolia
Rubiaceae
Native
Pride of Big Pine
Strumpfia maritima
Rubiaceae
NativeImperiled
Prostrate False Buttonweed
Spermacoce prostrata
Rubiaceae
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.