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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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| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
| Iris hexagona | Dixie Iris | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia Iris Great Blue Flag Southern Blue Flag | |
| Juncus effusus | Common Rush Soft Rush | |
| Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola | Southern Red Cedar Southern Redcedar Sand Cedar Coast Juniper | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Virginia Fen-rose Saltmarsh Mallow Seashore Mallow | |
| Lachnanthes caroliana | Carolina Redroot Paint Root | |
| Lantana involucrata | Buttonsage Button-sage | |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
| Limonium carolinianum | Carolina Sealavender Sea Lavender | |
| Lilium catesbaei | Pine Lily Southern Red Lily Catesby's Lily | |
| Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
| Liatris tenuifolia | Shortleaf Blazing Star Slender Blazing Star Shortleaf Gayfeather Shortleaf Liatris Fineleaf Blazing Star Fineleaf Gayfeather Fineleaf Liatris | |
| 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 Staggerbush | |
| Lyonia fruticosa | Coastal Plain Staggerbush Poor-grub Rusty Lyonia | |
| Lyonia lucida | Shining Fetterbush Fetterbush Lyonia Shinyleaf Fetterbush Staggerbush | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel 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 Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
| 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 Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas | |
| Nymphaea mexicana | Yellow Waterlily Yellow Water-lily Banana Lily Banana Waterlily Sun Lotus | |
| Nymphaea odorata | American White Water-lily Fragrant White Water-lily Fragrant Water-lily White Water-lily Sweet-scented White Water-lily Sweet-scented Water-lily Beaver Root | |
| Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue | |
| Osmanthus americanus | American Olive Devilwood Wild Olive | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
| Oxypolis filiformis | Water Cowbane | |
| Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass Beachgrass Coastal Panic Grass | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Palafoxia integrifolia | Coastal Plain Palafox Coastalplain Palafox | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens | Redtop Panicgrass Redtop Panic Grass | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Penstemon australis | Eustis Lake Penstemon Eustis Lake Beardtongue Slender Penstemon Slender Beardtongue | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
| Persea humilis | Silk Bay | |
| Penstemon multiflorus | Many-flower Penstemon Many-flower Beardtongue Many-flowered Penstemon Many-flowered Beardtongue | |
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