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 1,777–1,824 of 1,886 native plants in the Central region
Watershield
Brasenia schreberi
Cabombaceae
Waterspider Bog Orchid
Habenaria repens
Orchidaceae
Wavy-Leaf Aster
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Asteraceae
Wavyleaf Noseburn
Tragia urens
Euphorbiaceae
Weak-Leaf Yucca
Yucca flaccida
Asparagaceae
Weakley's Goldentop
Euthamia weakleyi
Asteraceae
Wedge-Leaved Button-Snakeroot
Eryngium cuneifolium
Apiaceae
EndemicImperiled
West Indian Mahogany
Swietenia mahagoni
Meliaceae
West Indian Meadowbeauty
Rhexia cubensis
Melastomataceae
West Indian Milkberry
Chiococca alba
Rubiaceae
West Indian Sage
Salvia occidentalis
Lamiaceae
West Indian Woodsorrel
Oxalis dehradunensis
Oxalidaceae
West-Coast Prickly Apple
Harrisia aboriginum
Cactaceae
EndemicImperiled
Western Ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Asteraceae
Western Tansymustard
Descurainia pinnata
Brassicaceae
Whip Nutrush
Scleria triglomerata
Cyperaceae
White Arrow Arum
Peltandra sagittifolia
Araceae
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Oleaceae
Imperiled
White Beggarticks
Bidens alba
Asteraceae
White Bluestem
Anatherum dealbatum
Poaceae
White Bog Violet
Viola lanceolata
Violaceae
White Boneset
Eupatorium album
Asteraceae
White Colic-Root
Aletris obovata
Nartheciaceae
White Crownbeard
Verbesina virginica
Asteraceae
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Oleaceae
White Grass
Leersia virginica
Poaceae
White Indigoberry
Randia aculeata
Rubiaceae
White Lobelia
Lobelia paludosa
Campanulaceae
White Mangrove
Laguncularia racemosa
Combretaceae
White Morning-Glory
Ipomoea lacunosa
Convolvulaceae
White Prickly Poppy
Argemone albiflora
Papaveraceae
White Screwstem
Bartonia verna
Gentianaceae
White Squirrel-Banana
Deeringothamnus pulchellus
Annonaceae
EndemicImperiled
White Stopper
Eugenia axillaris
Myrtaceae
White Sunnybell
Schoenolirion albiflorum
Asparagaceae
White Twinevine
Funastrum clausum
Apocynaceae
White Vervain
Verbena urticifolia
Verbenaceae
White-Edge Sedge
Carex debilis
Cyperaceae
White-Edged Witchgrass
Dichanthelium tenue
Poaceae
White-Fringed Orchid
Platanthera blephariglottis
Orchidaceae
Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
Commelinaceae
Whitetop Sedge
Rhynchospora colorata
Cyperaceae
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Apocynaceae
Imperiled
Whorled Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Araliaceae
Wide-Leaf Warea
Warea amplexifolia
Brassicaceae
EndemicImperiled
Widespread Maiden Fern
Pelazoneuron kunthii
Thelypteridaceae
Widgeongrass
Ruppia maritima
Ruppiaceae
Wild Coco
Eulophia alta
Orchidaceae
Sources: verified observations and photos from iNaturalist contributors, descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), and the Florida Invasive Species Council plant list.