Indigofera spicata
Learn how to identify it here.
Indigofera spicata
vegetable
Tropical puff
Key West Field Guide, vegetableNeptunia pubescens
Neptunia pubescens
Limestone sandmat
Key West Field Guide, vegetableEuphorbia blodgettii
Euphorbia blodgettii
Rougeplant
Key West Field Guide, vegetableRivina humilis
This one was a bit tricky, because the flowers normally have a pinkish tinge. This one was a very bright white. Plus, it has a long growing season here in the Keys, so I most often find the bright red berries forming simultaneously with new flowers. I’ll head back over to double check the fruit in a few days. This species is more common than its close relative, Guinea hen weed. Find more info here.
Rivina humilis flower
Rivina humilis flower
Raceme of Rivina humilis
In between flower and fruit. The sepals and stamens remain, but the petals are gone.
Gulf Coast swallow-wort
Key West Field Guide, vegetable
Cynanchum angustifolium
Common purslane
Key West Field Guide, vegetablePortulaca oleracea
Portulaca oleracea
Bladdermallow
Key West Field Guide, vegetableHerissantia crispa
Bloodberry
Key West Field Guide, vegetableVarronia globosa
Currently, many sources still list this under its older synonym Cordia globosa.
Varronia globosa flowers
Varronia globosa fruit
Coastal Beach Sandmat
Key West Field Guide, vegetable
Chamaesyce mesembrianthemifolia
Frangipani leaf bud
vegetable
Frangipani leaf bud
de·his·cence
vegetable, vo•cab•u•lar•y(n.) the spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, to release its contents
I’ve always considered myself more of a bee than a squirrel—it’s the flower, not the fruit, that catches my eye. With this plant, however, everything BUT the flower shouts out for attention.
Austin’s April Flowers
Texas Field Guide, vegetable
Drummond’s onion 
Scarlet pimpernel 
Mediterranean lineseed 
Erect bouchetia 
Black mustard 
Indian paintbrush (yellow morph) 
Bindweed species 
Dandelion fruits 
Mexican blanket 
Carolina cranesbill 
White avens 
Dakota vervain 
Texas flax 
Japanese honeysuckle 
Black medick 
Soapberry 
Small melilot 
Carolina bristle mallow 
Texas baby blue eyes 
Crow poison 
Showy evening primrose 
Roadside guard 
Sourgrass 
Blue curls Ptilimnium 
Texas dandelion 
Large buttercup 
Mealy sage 
Skullcap species 
Field madder 
Annual blue-eyed grass 
Sword leaf blue-eyed grass 
Chickweed species 
False dayflower 
Hedge parsley 
White clover 
Mexican buckeye 
Cornsalad 
Cornsalad 
Blue water speedwell 
Bird’s eye speedwell 
Drummond’s rainlily
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