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, May 25, 2025

White Tick-trefoil - Desmodium ochroleucum

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Tick-trefoils ( Desmodium spp.) are widely regarded as "weeds" due to their aggressive nature and their fruit (loments) that are p...

White indian Plantain - Arnoglossum album

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Indian plantains ( Arnoglossum spp.) are members of the Asteraceae and are most common in the Southestern U.S.  Of the 8 species native to N...

Plukenet's False Foxglove - Agalinis plukenetii

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There are 17 native species of false foxgloves ( Agalinis spp.) in Florida and they are often difficult to identify. Much of it depends on g...
Sunday, July 28, 2024

White Sunnybell - Schoenolirion albiflorum

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White sunnybell ( Schoenolirion albiflorum ) is a perennial member of the agave family. It occurs throughout peninsular Florida in the easte...
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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Small's Skullcap - Scutellaria multiglandulosa

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  Small's skullcap ( Scutellaria multiglandulosa ) is one of 11 native species in this genus in Florida and distributed from the central...

Physalis walteri - Walter's groundcherry

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Walter's groundcherry ( Physalis walteri ) is a perennial herbaceous species known more for its edible fruit than for its flowers.  It ...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Sabatia campanulata - Slender Rosegentian

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  Slender rosegentian ( Sabatia campanulata ) is one of 12 rosegentians native to Florida and found throughout much of the Panhandle countie...
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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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