Ranunculous sardous
Marsh buttercup
Birth of a Buttercup
Texas Field Guide, vegetableyellow flower
Texas dandelion
Texas Field Guide, vegetable
Shell mound prickly pear
Key West Field Guide, vegetable
Bay cedar
Key West Field Guide, vegetable
Cheesytoes
Key West Field Guide, vegetableStylosanthes hamata
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Closeup of Stylosanthes hamata
The three-parted leaves of Cheesytoes
Narrowleaf yellowtops
Key West Field Guide, vegetableFind more info here.
Flaveria linearis head
Narrowleaf yellowtops plant
Flaveria linearis plant
Flaveria linearis stem showing opposite leaves and hairs
Mexican prickly poppy
Key West Field Guide, vegetable
Bushy seaside oxeye
Key West Field Guide, vegetableBorrichia frutescens
All the field guides I’ve looked at show bushy seaside oxeye blooming in full glory with a thick rim of ray flowers and topped with black anthers, but I most often see it sporting few, if any, ray flowers.
- Borrichia frutescens flower bud and leaf in profile
- Borrichia frutescens with only disc flowers
- Borrichia frutescens flower with new ray flowers
- Borrichia frutescens with reflexed ray petals
- Borrichia frutescens gone to seed
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Coastal Indian mallow
Key West Field Guide, vegetableAbutilon permolle
flower 
fruit with remains of flower 
unripe fruit 
dehiscent fruit 
leaf
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Creeping woodsorrel
Key West Field Guide, vegetableOxalis corniculata
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Oxalis corniculata flower
Oxalis corniculata fruit and leaves
Oxalis corniculata flower
Oxalis corniculata flower and leaves
Least snoutbean
Key West Field Guide, vegetableRhynchosia minima
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Rhynchosia minima flowers
Rhynchosia minima leaf
Rhynchosia minima fruits
Rhynchosia minima leaf and vining stem
Young Rhynchosia minima fruit with remnants of flower
Rhynchosia minima young fruit
Rhynchosia minima seed
Citron zephyrlily
Key West Field Guide, vegetableZephyranthes citrina
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Zephyranthes citrina day old flower
Zephyranthes citrina bud
Zephyranthes citrina flower
Zephyranthes citrina inside of unopened bud
Zephyranthes citrina fresh fruit
Zephyranthes citrina ripe fruit with seeds
Zephyranthes citrina seed
Straggler daisy
Key West Field Guide, vegetable
Bracted Fanpetals
Key West Field Guide, vegetableSida ciliaris
This is actually the second time that I’ve posted this species, but this post shows shows how to identify it according to the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida.
Everglades Key pencilflower
Key West Field Guide, vegetableStylosanthes calcicola
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Stylosanthes calcicola
Stylosanthes calcicola
Stylosanthes calcicola
Coatbuttons
Key West Field Guide, vegetableTridax procumbens
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Tridax procumbens flower
Tridax procumbens turning to seed
Tridax procumbens fruits on plant
Tridax procumbens leaves
Tridax procumbens seed closeup
Tridax procumbens seed collected
Bitter melon
Key West Field Guide, vegetableMomordica charantia
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Momordica charantia female flower
Momordica charantia new flower bud
Momordica charantia day old female flower
Momordica charantia leaf
Momordica charantia fruit with insect tunneling evidence
Momordica charantia fruit showing seeds
Momordica charantia empty fruit husk
Momordica charantia flowers
Small Baby Jump Up
Key West Field Guide, vegetableNative to the Florida Keys (more info here)
Mecardonia procumbens flower and leaves
Mecardonia procumbens flower and bud side view
Burrnut or Jamaican feverplant
Key West Field Guide, vegetableTribulus cistoides
Tribulus cistoides flower
Tribulus cistoides fruit
Greater caltrop
Key West Field Guide, vegetableKallostroemia maxima
Kallstroemia maxima flower and leaves
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