Partly Parasitic

Piedmont blacksenna (Seymeria pectinata) now grows profusely along the xeric scrub trail at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) near the entrance on Oslo Road just to the east of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. This trail was bush-hogged…

Frogfruit or turkey tangle or ?

This pretty-flowered pollinator plant (Phyla nodifolora) has a plethora of common names including turkey tangle fog fruit, frogfruit, Texas frogfruit, capeweed, creeping lip plant, creeping charley and matchweed. Thanks to Bob Montanaro, Pelican Island Audubon Society Office Manager, for this…