Ask Mr. Smarty Plants

This is not an easy assignment.   I did a COMBINATION SEARCH in our Native Plant Database by choosing "Florida" from the Select State or Province option, "Herb" under Habit (general appearance), both "Part shade" and "Shade" under Light requirement and "Dry" under Soil moisture.  This gave me a list of 103 possibilities and I used the NARROW YOUR SEARCH option to select "Evergreen" under Leaf retention.  This narrowed the list to 9 results.  The first two plants below resulted from that search.  I did the same search two times more except that once I substituted "Grass/grass-like" for "Herb" and another time I substituted "Vine" for "Herb" to get the final two entries on the list below.  You can do similar searches yourself.  For each of the plants I have included a link to the USDA Plants Database distribution map for Florida.  All but one of these plants occur in Duval County—Carex blanda occurs in adjacent Nassau County.

Hexastylis arifolia (Littlebrownjug).  Here are more photos and information from MariesGarden.com.  Florida distribution map from the USDA Plants Database.

Salvia lyrata (Lyreleaf sage).  Here are more photos and information from Floridata.  Florida distribution from USDA Plants Database.

Smilax pumila (Sarsaparilla vine).  Here are more photos and information from TAMU Aggie Horticulture and from Southeastern Flora.  Florida distribution from the USDA Plants Database.

Carex blanda (Eastern woodland sedge) is not broadleafed, but it is evergreen and grows well in dry shade.  C. blanda occurs in adjacent Nassau County according to the USDA Plants Database.