Blue & Purple Blooms

More information about each plant is available in the following reference books. Page numbers are given by each species notation.
Bell Hammer Nelson Taylor	Florida Wildflowers and Roadside Plants by Ritchie Bell & Brian Taylor, Laurel Hill Press Everglades Wildflowers by Roger L. Hammer, Falcon Press Shrubs & Woody Vines of Florida by Gil Nelson, Pineapple Press Florida Wildflowers in Ther Natural Communities by Walter Taylor, University Press of Florida

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Scientific Name			Common Name
Cirsium horridulum Commelina erecta Desmodium incanum Duranta repens Eulophia alta Ipomoea pes-caprae Iris hexagona Lobelia feayana Melochia spicata	Mimosa strigillosa Pontederia cordata Ruellia brittonina Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Trichostema dichotomum Tillandsia balbisiana Tillandsia fasciculata Tillandsia pruinosa Tillandsia setacea		Bay Lobelia Beggar's Ticks Blue Curls Blue Flag Iris Blue Porterweed Chocolate Weed Common Dayflower Golden Dewdrop Hoary Air Plant	Mexican Bluebell Mimosa Needle-leafed Wild Pine Pickerelweed Purple Thistle Railroad Vine Reflexed Wild Pine Stiff-leafed Wild Pine Wild Coco Orchid

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Ipomoea pes-caprae Railroad Vine native Hammer 30, Taylor 228

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Cirsium horridulum Purple Thistle native Bell 248, Hammer 58

Commelina diffusa Common Dayflower native Bell 51, Hammer 27

Desmodium incanum Beggar Ticks native Bell 162, Hammer 34

Eulophia alta Wild Coco Orchid native Hammer 49, Taylor 291

Iris hexagona Blue Flag Iris native Hammer 39

Lobelia feayana Bay Lobelia native Hammer 26

Melochia spicata Chocolate Weed native Hammer 81, Taylor 104

Mimosa strigillosa Mimosa native

Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed native Bell 48, Hammer 50

Ruellia brittoniana Dwarf Mexican Bluebell non-native Hammer 21

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Blue Porterweed native Bell 235, Hammer 54

Trichostema dichotomum Blue Curls native Bell 242, Hammer 43

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Duranta repens Golden Dewdrop native Nelson 358

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Tillandsia balbisiana Reflexed Air Plant native Hammer 87, Taylor 283

Tillandsia fasciculata Stiff-leafed Wild Pine native Hammer 87, Taylor 284

Tillandsia pruinosa Hoary Air Plant native Bell 45, Hammer 25

Tillandsia setacea Needle-leafed Wild Pine native Bell 46, Taylor 283