Special Collections
Florida - Central Recommended
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
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| Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye Scarlet 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 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 Split Bluestem | |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge Broomsedge Bluestem Yellowsedge Bluestem Whiskey Grass Popotillo Pajon | |
| Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens | Broomsedge Bluestem | |
| Aristida beyrichiana | Beyrich Threeawn Wiregrass | |
| Ardisia escallonioides | 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 Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
| 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 | Herb-of-grace Water Hyssop Coastal 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 Ox-eye Daisy Sea Daisy Sea Ox-eye | |
| Bursera simaruba | Gumbo Limbo Gumbo-limbo | |
| Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry | |
| Capparis cynophallophora | Jamaican Caper Jamaica Caper Tree | |
| Canna flaccida | Bandanna Of The Everglades Golden Canna | |
| Carphephorus odoratissimus | Vanillaleaf Vanilla Plant | |
| Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Sugarberry Southern Hackberry Lowland Hackberry Hackberry Palo Blanco | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
| Chiococca alba | Snowberry West Indian Milkberry David's Milkberry Cahinca West Indian Snowberry Milkberry | |
| 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 | Sensitive Partridge Pea Partridge Pea | |
| Clinopodium coccineum | Scarlet Calamint Scarlet Wild Basil Red Savory Red Mint Shrub Scarlet Balm Southern Calamint Red Basil | |
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