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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 |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing cypress Texas plume Red Texas star Red gilia | |
| Iris hexagona | Dixie iris | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia iris Great Blue Flag | |
| Juncus effusus | Common rush Soft Rush | |
| Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola | Southern red-cedar Southern redcedar | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia saltmarsh mallow Virginia fen-rose Seashore mallow Salt Marsh-mallow | |
| Lachnanthes caroliana | Carolina redroot Paint root | |
| Lantana involucrata | Buttonsage Button-sage | |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice cut grass Rice cutgrass | |
| Limonium carolinianum | Carolina sealavender Sea lavender | |
| Lilium catesbaei | Pine lily Southern red lily Catesby's lily | |
| Liatris elegans | Blazing star Gay feather Pink-scale gayfeather Pinkscale blazing star | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense blazing star Dense gayfeather Marsh blazing star | |
| Liatris tenuifolia | Short-leaf gayfeather Shortleaf blazing star | |
| Lobelia glandulosa | Glade lobelia | |
| Lobelia puberula | Downy lobelia | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Ludwigia repens | Creeping primrose-willow Floating primrose-willow Water primrose | |
| Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum | Winged lythrum Lance-leaf loosestrife | |
| Lyonia ferruginea | Rusty staggerbush Dragon Tree Tree lyonia | |
| Lyonia fruticosa | Coastal plain staggerbush Poor-grub Rusty lyonia | |
| Lyonia lucida | Fetterbush lyonia Shinyleaf Fetterbush Staggerbush | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern magnolia Evergreen magnolia Bull bay | |
| Marshallia graminifolia var. cynanthera | Grassleaf Barbara's buttons | |
| Mecardonia acuminata | Axilflower | |
| Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine mimosa Sensitive plant | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax myrtle Southern bayberry Candleberry | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted beebalm Spotted horsemint Horsemint | |
| Morus rubra | Red mulberry Moral | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf muhly Hair-awn muhly Hairy-awn muhly Hair grass Pink muhly | |
| Myrsine cubana | Guianese colicwood Rapanea | |
| Nectandra coriacea | Lancewood | |
| Nelumbo lutea | American lotus Yellow water lotus Yellow lotus | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow pond-lily Cow lily Spatter dock Yellow cow lily | |
| Nymphaea mexicana | Yellow waterlily Yellow Water-lily Banana lily Banana waterlily Sun lotus | |
| Nymphaea odorata | American white waterlily American white water-lily Fragrant white water lily White water lily Fragrant water lily White water lily | |
| Opuntia humifusa | Devil's-tongue Low prickly pear Smooth prickly pear Prickly pear | |
| Osmanthus americanus | Devilwood Wild olive | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon fern | |
| Oxypolis filiformis | Water cowbane | |
| Panicum amarum | Bitter panicgrass Bitter or coastal panic grass Beachgrass | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Palafoxia integrifolia | Coastal plain palafox Coastalplain palafox | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens | Redtop panicgrass | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
| Penstemon australis | Eustis Lake beardtongue Slender beardtongue | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red bay | |
| Persea humilis | Silk bay | |
| Penstemon multiflorus | Many-flower beardtongue Manyflower beardtongue | |
| Persea palustris | Swamp bay | |
| Peltandra virginica | Green arrow arum Tuckahoe Arrow arum Green arrow-arum | |
| Phlox nivalis | Trailing phlox | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas frogfruit Turkey tangle fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Piriqueta cistoides ssp. caroliniana | Pitted stripeseed | |
| Pinus clausa | Sand pine | |
| Pityopsis graminifolia | Narrowleaf silkgrass Golden aster | |
| Pinus palustris | Longleaf pine Georgia pine | |
| Pinus serotina | Pond pine | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly pine Old field pine Bull pine Rosemary pine | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Weed | |
| Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp smartweed | |
| Pogonia ophioglossoides | Beard flower Rose pogonia orchid Snake-mouth orchid Snakemouth orchid | |
| Polygonum punctatum | Dotted smartweed | |
| Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw plum Sandhill plum | |
| Prunus umbellata | Hog plum Flatwoods plum | |
| Psychotria nervosa | Seminole balsamo Wild coffee | |
| Pterocaulon pycnostachyum | Blackroot Densespike Blackroot Fox-tail Coastal Blackroot | |
| Quercus chapmanii | Chapman oak | |
| Quercus hemisphaerica | Darlington oak Laurel oak | |
| Quercus incana | Bluejack oak Sandjack oak Upland willow oak Cinnamon oak Shin oak Turkey oak | |
| Quercus laevis | Turkey oak | |
| Quercus myrtifolia | Myrtle oak | |
| Quercus nigra | Water oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal live oak Southern live oak Live oak | |
| Rhexia alifanus | Savannah meadowbeauty | |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged sumac Shining sumac Flameleaf sumac Mountain sumac Dwarf sumac | |
| Rhynchospora colorata | Starrush whitetop Star sedge White-topped sedge Whitetop sedge | |
| Rhynchospora latifolia | Sandswamp whitetop Sand-swamp whitetop Whitetop sedge | |
| Rhexia mariana | Maryland meadowbeauty Maryland meadow-beauty Meadow beauty | |
| Rhexia petiolata | Fringed meadowbeauty | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge plant Baby peppers | |
| Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina wild petunia | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher sage Big blue sage Azure sage Giant blue sage Blue sage | |
| Salix caroliniana | Coastal plain willow | |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's tail Lizard's-tail Breast weed | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood sage | |
| Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane plumegrass Giant plume grass | |
| Sagittaria graminea var. graminea | Grassy arrowhead | |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf sage Cancer weed | |
| Sarracenia minor | Hooded Pitcher-plant Hooded pitcherplant | |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common elderberry Black elder Mexican elderberry Common elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
| Sabal palmetto | Cabbage palmetto Cabbage palm | |
| Schoenoplectus americanus | Chairmaker's bulrush Olney three-square | |
| Schoenoplectus californicus | California bulrush California club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
| Scirpus cyperinus | Woolgrass Cottongrass bulrush Marsh bulrush Teddybear paws | |
| Scutellaria integrifolia | Helmet-flower Rough Skullcap Common Large Skullcap Tall Skullcap | |
| Scaevola plumieri | Gullfeed Inkberry | |
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