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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Central Florida. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state. Special thanks to the Florida Association of Native Nurseries for compiling this list.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Aesculus pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Ageratina jucunda | Hammock snakeroot | |
| Alternanthera flavescens | Yellow joyweed | |
| Aletris lutea | Yellow colicroot Yellow Colic-root | |
| Alternanthera maritima | Seaside joyweed | |
| Amsonia ciliata | Fringed bluestar Bluestar Blue funnel lily Texas bluestar | |
| Amorpha herbacea | Clusterspike false indigo Cluster-spike Indigobush | |
| Ambrosia hispida | Coastal ragweed Beach Ragweed Bay Geranium | |
| Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum | Muhlenberg maidencane Florida Peanut-grass Blue Maidencane | |
| Andropogon brachystachyus | Shortspike bluestem | |
| Andropogon capillipes | Chalky bluestem Wetland White Bluestem | |
| Andropogon glaucopsis | Purple bluestem Chalky Bluestem | |
| Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior | Bushy bluestem | |
| Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard bluestem | |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge bluestem Broom-sedge | |
| Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens | Broomsedge bluestem | |
| Aristida beyrichiana | Beyrich threeawn Wiregrass | |
| Ardisia escallonoides | Island marlberry Marbleberry Marlberry | |
| Aristida purpurascens var. tenuispica | Arrowfeather threeawn Hillsboro Threeawn Hillsborough Threeawn | |
| Aristida stricta | Pineland threeawn Wiregrass | |
| Asimina angustifolia | Slimleaf pawpaw | |
| Asclepias humistrata | Pinewoods milkweed Sandhill milkweed | |
| Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower milkweed Few-flower milkweed Red milkweed | |
| Asimina obovata | Bigflower pawpaw Florida dogwood Scrub Pawpaw Flag pawpaw | |
| Asimina pygmea | Dwarf pawpaw Gopher-berry | |
| Asimina reticulata | Netted pawpaw Woolly pawpaw Hairy pawpaw | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled milkweed Eastern whorled milkweed | |
| Balduina angustifolia | Coastal plain honeycombhead Yellow buttons | |
| Baccharis halimifolia | Groundseltree Sea-myrtle Consumptionweed Eastern baccharis Groundsel Groundsel bush Salt marsh-elder Salt bush Florida groundsel bush | |
| Bacopa monnieri | Coastal Water-hyssop Herb-of-grace Water hyssop | |
| Bejaria racemosa | Tarflower Flyweed Flycatcher | |
| Berlandiera subacaulis | Florida greeneyes Common Greeneyes | |
| Bidens laevis | Smooth beggartick Smooth bidens Smooth bur marigold Larger bur marigold | |
| Blutaparon vermiculare | Silverhead | |
| Borrichia frutescens | Bushy seaside tansy Bushy seaside-tansy Ox-eye daisy Sea daisy Sea ox-eye | |
| Bursera simaruba | Gumbo limbo Gumbo-limbo | |
| Callicarpa americana | American beautyberry French mulberry | |
| Capparis cynophallophora | Jamaica Caper Tree Jamaican caper | |
| Canna flaccida | Bandanna of the Everglades Golden canna | |
| Carphephorus odoratissimus | Vanillaleaf Vanilla Plant | |
| Celtis laevigata | Sugar hackberry Hackberry Sugarberry Texas sugarberry Palo blanco | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common buttonbush Buttonbush Button willow | |
| Chiococca alba | West Indian milkberry David’s milkberry Cahinca Snowberry | |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge pea Sleepingplant Sensitive plant | |
| Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. gossypina | Cottony goldenaster | |
| Chrysobalanus icaco | Icaco coco plum Icaco coco-plum | |
| Chrysopsis mariana | Maryland goldenaster Maryland golden-aster | |
| Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans | Partridge pea Sensitive partridge pea | |
| Clinopodium coccineum | Scarlet Calamint Scarlet Wild Basil Red Savory Red Mint Shrub Scarlet Balm Southern Calamint Red Basil | |
| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica swamp sawgrass Jamaican Saw-grass Saw-grass | |
| Conradina canescens | False rosemary Wild rosemary Conradina | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Coccoloba diversifolia | Pigeon-plum Tietongue | |
| Coreopsis gladiata | Coastal plain tickseed Coastal tickseed | |
| Coreopsis leavenworthii | Common Tickseed Leavenworth's tickseed | |
| Coccoloba uvifera | Sea grape Seagrape Seaside-grape | |
| Crinum americanum | Crinum lily Seven sisters Swamp lily Southern swamp lily String lily | |
| Crataegus flava | Summer hawthorn Yellow-leaf hawthorn Yellowleaf hawthorn | |
| Croton punctatus | Gulf croton | |
| Distichlis spicata | Saltgrass Coastal salt grass Inland salt-grass | |
| Diospyros virginiana | Common persimmon Eastern persimmon | |
| Dodonaea viscosa | Florida hopbush Hopseed bush Switch sorrel Varnish leaf Hopbush Chapoliztle Casol | |
| Dyschoriste oblongifolia | Oblongleaf snakeherb Twin Flower | |
| Echites umbellata | Devil's potato Rubber Vine | |
| Eleocharis cellulosa | Gulf Coast spikerush | |
| Eleocharis interstincta | Knotted spikerush | |
| Equisetum hyemale | Canuela Horsetail Scouring rush Scouringrush horsetail | |
| Eryngium aquaticum | Rattlesnake-master Rattlesnakemaster Snakeroot | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee bean Red cardinal | |
| Ernodea littoralis | Coughbush Golden creeper | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple lovegrass Purple love grass Purple plains lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat climber | |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Button eryngo Button snakeroot Rattlesnake master Beargrass Bear's grass | |
| Eugenia axillaris | White stopper | |
| Euthamia caroliniana | Slender goldentop | |
| Eustoma exaltatum | Catchfly prairie gentian Bluebell gentian Western blue gentian Blue marsh lily Small bluebell Catchfly gentian Seaside gentian | |
| Ficus aurea | Florida strangler fig Strangler Fig | |
| Forestiera segregata | Florida Privet Florida swampprivet | |
| Gaylussacia dumosa | Dwarf huckleberry | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina jessamine Yellow jessamine Evening trumpetflower Poor man's rope | |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp sunflower | |
| Helianthus debilis | Beach sunflower Cucumber-leaf sunflower Cucumberleaf sunflower | |
| Hibiscus aculeatus | Comfortroot Big thicket hibiscus Pineland hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet rose-mallow Scarlet rosemallow Texas star hibiscus Wild red mallow | |
| Hibiscus grandiflorus | Swamp rosemallow Swamp rose-mallow Pink swamp hibiscus Large-flowered hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimsoneyed rosemallow Crimson-eyed rose-mallow Marshmallow hibiscus | |
| Hypericum cistifolium | Roundpod St. Johnswort | |
| Hydrolea corymbosa | Skyflower Tall Hydrolea | |
| Hypericum hypericoides | St. Andrew's Cross | |
| Hymenocallis latifolia | Perfumed spider-lily Perfumed spiderlily | |
| Hymenocallis palmeri | Alligator-lily Alligatorlily | |
| Hypericum tetrapetalum | Fourpetal St. Johnswort | |
| Ilex ambigua | Carolina holly | |
| Ilex cassine | Dahoon | |
| Ilex glabra | Inkberry Gallberry | |
| Ilex opaca | American holly Christmas holly | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Ipomoea imperati | Beach morning glory Beach morning-glory | |
| Ipomoea pes-caprae | Railroad vine Goat-foot morning glory Bayhops Beach morning glory | |
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