Author: Minute Explorations

November Wildflowers in Key West

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Click on the flower names at the bottom of this post for more images and links to species information.

  • Citron zephyrlily
  • Creeping sourgrass
  • Sleepy morning
  • Bitter melon
  • Straggler daisy
  • Least snoutbean
  • Pencilflower
  • Bracted fanpetals
  • Jamaican feverweed
  • Common purslane
  • Snow squarestem
  • False shrubby buttonweed
  • Yellow joyweed
  • Santa Maria feverfew
  • Pillpod sandmat
  • Virginia pepperweed
  • False daisy
  • Coatbuttons
  • Erect spiderling
  • Turkey tangle fogfruit
  • Spanish needles
  • Silverhead
  • Seaside heliotrope
  • Beach naupaka
  • Coastal sea rocket
  • Goatweed
  • Tex-Mex tobacco
  • Shoreline purslane
  • Guinea hen weed
  • Whitemouth dayflower
  • Grannybush
  • Powderpuff
  • Railroad vine
  • Baybean
  • Lilac tasselflower
  • Beggar’s-ticks
  • Scarlet spiderling
  • Creeping indigo
  • Painted leaf
  • Carry me seed
  • ID pending

mi·nus·cule

animal, Key West Field Guide, vo•cab•u•lar•y

(adj.) extremely small

On beach walks, I tend to get caught up trying to remember the names of the flowers, the sea beans, the sea shells, the wildlife. Each familiar plant or animal gives me a friendly face to greet.

I’m never lonely in nature, even when I am alone.

But occasionally, the world seems too big, too crowded, too busy, too much. Sometimes, I need to shrink it to recover the joy of getting lost within it. Micro-shelling changes my perspective. It narrows the world to only what I choose to focus on. Instead of seeking knowledge, I avoid it—and often find inspiration in the process.

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Learning Texas Wildflowers – a family friendly activity

Activities, Texas Field Guide, vegetable, vo•cab•u•lar•y
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It’s the start of spring in Central Texas and the wildflowers are just getting started! Bluebonnets tend to steal the show, but each day brings other blooms to life and they’re waiting for you to find them. Here’s a family friendly homeschool guide to meeting five of our lesser known (but just as interesting) wildflowers that are blooming right now.

The presentation includes images of 5 different wildflowers along with their common names, scientific names and links to more information. You’ll also find two questions per wildflower, with the answers to be found in the included links. At the end of the presentation, you’ll be able to quiz yourself on the common and scientific names of each plant.

How many of these wildflowers can you find in the wild?

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December Wildflowers – Key West 2018

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

I love living in a place where I can find new (to me) wildflowers blooming for Christmas. December not only added nine more species to my repertoire, but kept several of my faithful fall favorites in bloom.

Here’s my roundup of all the wildflowers that I found blooming in Key West during the month of December. Click on the common names to visit the individual species’ pages.