Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Rosary pea (Abrus precartorius) was flowering at the northern end of Jungle Trail near the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (PINWR) when we visited on 10-8-2023. This member of the pea family, Fabaceae, is an invasive pest plant in Florida…
Seedlings of rosary pea (Abrus precatorius) may look innocent enough, but they can grow into a very vigorous vine, as seen in the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) parking lot ... The leaves of this high-climbing, twining vine are alternate…
Good Golly, its flowers are pretty. They stood out on our first post-hurricane IRMA group walk on 10-8-2017 at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). Pictured above are the flowers of rosary pea (Abrus precatorius), a Florida Exotic Pest Plant…
Abrin is the poison in the seeds of rosary pea (Abrus precatorious). Its showy seeds are poisonous to humans - if the hard seed coat is broken. More than one person who grew up in here Florida has told me…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 