Minute Explorations

Minute Explorations

investigating nature through tiny adventures

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • vo•cab•u•lar•y
  • animal
  • vegetable
    • Key West wildflowers
      • green flower
      • white flower
      • yellow flower
      • pink flower
      • purple flower
      • blue flower
      • red flower

Images

Granny bush

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Solanum bahamense

Solanum bahamense flower

Solanum bahamense fruit

September 7, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged beach, Florida wildflowers, purple flower, red berry, Solanaceae 2 Comments

Burrnut or Jamaican feverplant

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Tribulus cistoides

Tribulus cistoides flower

Tribulus cistoides fruit

September 5, 2018October 13, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged beach, Boca Chica beach, Florida wildflowers, yellow flower, Zygophyllaceae 3 Comments

Painted leaf

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Euphorbia cyathophora

Euphorbia cyathophora flowers and fruits

September 4, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged beach, Euphorbiaceae, Florida wildflowers, green flower 2 Comments

Alkali heliotrope

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Heliotropium curassavicum

Also called monkey tail. Find more info here.

Heliotropium curassavicum flower

Heliotropium curassavicum fruits

September 3, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Boca Chica beach, Boraginaceae, Florida wildflowers, white flower 2 Comments

Beach naupaka

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Scaevola taccada

Scaevola taccada flower

Scaevola taccada flower

September 3, 2018November 19, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged beach, Boca Chica beach, Florida Keys native, Florida wildflowers, Goodeniaceae, white flower 2 Comments

Silverhead

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Blutaparon vermiculare

Blutaparon vermiculare flower

August 30, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Amaranthaceae, Florida wildflowers, invasive, Key West wildflowers, lawn, white flower 2 Comments

White-mouth dayflower

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Commelina erecta

Commelina erecta flower and leaves

August 21, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged blue flower, Commelinaceae, Florida wildflowers, Key West wildflowers, lawn 1 Comment

Erect spiderling

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Check out its cousin, scarlet spiderling!

Boerhavia erecta bloom

July 25, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Florida wildflowers, Key West wildflowers, lawn, Nyctaginaceae, white flower 2 Comments

Greater caltrop

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Kallostroemia maxima

Kallstroemia maxima flower and leaves

July 24, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Florida Keys native, Florida wildflowers, Key West wildflowers, lawn, yellow flower, Zygophyllaceae Leave a comment

Bracted or fringed fanpetals

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Sida ciliaris

See it’s fruits and seeds here.

Fringed fanpetals Sida ciliaris

Sida ciliaris

Spreading fanpetals Sida ciliaris peach color morph

Sida ciliaris peach color morph

July 22, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Florida wildflowers, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West wildflowers, Malvaceae, yellow flower 3 Comments

Shrubby false buttonweed

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Spermacoce verticillata

Shrubby false buttonweed Spermacoce verticillata

Spermacoce verticillata

July 21, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Florida Keys native, Florida wildflowers, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West wildflowers, white flower 2 Comments

Sleepy morning

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Waltheria indica

Sleepy morning Waltheria indica

Waltheria indica

July 20, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Florida Keys native, Florida wildflowers, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West wildflowers, Malvaceae, yellow flower 2 Comments

Jamaican Feverweed

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Tribulus cistoides

Formerly known as Kallstroemia cistoides.

Jamaican feverweed Tribulus cistoides

Tribulus cistoides flower

July 19, 2018October 13, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged beach, Boca Chica beach, Florida wildflowers, key west, Key West wildflowers, naturalized, yellow flower, Zygophyllaceae Leave a comment

Neotropical red shouldered stink bug

animal

Thyanta perditor?

July 18, 2018October 13, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, insect Leave a comment

Creeping indigo

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Indigofera spicata

Learn how to identify it here.

Creeping indigo Indigofera spicata

Indigofera spicata

July 18, 2018October 13, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Florida wildflowers, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West wildflowers, pink flower, red flower 3 Comments

Camera shy grasshopper

animal

July 18, 2018October 13, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, insect Leave a comment

Tropical puff

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Neptunia pubescens

Tropical puff Neptunia pubescens

Neptunia pubescens

July 17, 2018October 13, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Fabaceae, Florida Keys native, Florida wildflowers, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West wildflowers, yellow flower Leave a comment

Limestone sandmat

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Euphorbia blodgettii

Limestone sandmat Euphorbia blodgettii

Euphorbia blodgettii

July 17, 2018October 13, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Euphorbiaceae, Florida wildflowers, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West wildflowers, white flower Leave a comment

Gulf Coast swallow-wort

Key West Field Guide, vegetable
Gulf coast swallow-wort

Cynanchum angustifolium

July 16, 2018October 13, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Asclepiadaceae, Florida wildflowers, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, green flower, Key West wildflowers Leave a comment

Common purslane

Key West Field Guide, vegetable

Portulaca oleracea

Common purslane Portulaca oleracea

Portulaca oleracea

July 16, 2018November 1, 2018 Minute Explorations Image Tagged Key West wildflowers, naturalized, Portulacaceae, succulent, yellow flower 2 Comments

Posts navigation

← Previous
Next →
Widgets

Tags

Acanthaceae Amaranthaceae Amaryllidaceae Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae Asteraceae August Azioaceae beach beachcombing bird blue flower Boca Chica beach Boraginaceae Brassicaceae Cactaceae Capparaceae Caterpillar Commelinaceae Convolvulaceae Cucurbitaceae dehiscent endangered Euphorbiaceae Fabaceae Florida Keys native Florida wildflowers Fort Zachary Taylor State Park Goodeniaceae green flower hemiparasitic homeschool insect invasive key west key west tropical botanical garden Key West wildflowers lawn Malvaceae March monthly summary naturalized non-native Nyctaginaceae Oleaceae ornamental Orobanchaceae Oxalidaceae Papaveraceae Petiveriaceae Phyllanthaceae pink flower Plantaginaceae Portulacaceae purple flower red berry red flower Scrophulariaceae seed seeds shells shrub Solanaceae succulent Texas native Texas wildflower threatened urticating Verbenaceae vine vocabulary white flower yellow yellow flower Zygophyllaceae
Follow Minute Explorations on WordPress.com
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Minute Explorations
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Minute Explorations
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...