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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 | |
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