Native Florida Wildflowers

This is a blog that celebrates the beauty and diversity of Florida's wildflowers - with a bit of a focus on growing these plants in a home landscape. Some of the wildflowers featured here are grown and sold through Hawthorn Hill Native Wildflower and Rare Plant Nursery. E-mail (Huegelc55@aol.com)or call me (727-422-6583) if there is something you want to see in this blog - or something you wish to purchase.

Sunday, December 7, 2025

Summer Farewell - Dalea adenopoda

There are two native prairie clovers with the common name of summer farewell and they are very similar to each other. I've written pr...

Bridges’ and Orzell’s bluecurls - Trichostema bridgesii-orzellii

In 2025, Alan Weakley published a revision to the taxonomy of the ubiquitous perennial mint, blue curls ( Trichostema spp.). Prior to thi...

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Water Dawnflower - Stylisma aquatica

Unlike other members of this morning glory genus, water dawnflower ( Stylisma aquatica ) is a wetland species with pink instead of white flo...

Southern Milkweed - Asclepias viridula

Southern milkweed ( Asclepias viridula ) is native to some scattered north Florida counties and a few sites in neighboring counties in Alaba...

Green Comet Milkweed - Asclepias viridiflora

\ Green comet milkweed ( Asclepias viridiflora ) is one of 22 milkweeds native to Florida. It is unique in appearance and easily recognized ...

Monday, May 26, 2025

Georgia Indian Plantain - Arnoglossum sulcatum

Yet another member of the Indian plantain genus ( Arnoglossum spp.). Georgia Indian plantain ( A . sulcatum ) occurs in semi-shaded wetl...

Variable-leaf Indian Plantain - Arnoglossum diversifolium

Variable-leaf Indian plantain ( Arnoglossum diversifolium ) is another one of the six Indian plantains native to Florida and one of the tall...

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About Me

Hawthorn Hill: This blog is the work of Craig N. Huegel, PhD. I am an environmental consultant and educator who loves plants. Though formally educated as a wildlife biologist, I am an enthusiastic gardener and have studied and worked with plants my entire life. I currently serve as the Director of the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens. Prior to this I taught in the Baccalaureate Biology Program at St. Petersburg College. I have written six books on Florida native plants - the most recent four with the University of Florida Press and I lecture throughout the state on a variety of topics related to plants and wildlife. I use my central Florida landscapes as laboratories to evaluate native plants and we grow a wide variety of species (mostly wildflowers) that are not commonly propagated elsewhere.in order to give us hands-on experience. Hawthorn Hill is not a retail plant nursery, but twice a year, I open my yard to public tours and make my extra plants available to the public. If you are interested in what I am currently growing, please email me for my current list at huegelc55@aol.com or give me a call at (727) 422-6583.

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