Botanical List Prepared by: Arielle J. Simon Corner Park: 401 Hampton Lane Horticultural Advisor Botanical Name Common Name Origin Family Abutilon pictum fireball, red vein flowering maple South America Malvaceae Acacia choriophylla cinnecord Florida native Fabaceae Acalypha hispida chenille plant Oceania Euphorbiaceae Acalypha pendula firetail, trailing chenille plant Cuba Euphorbiaceae Aloysia virgata sweet almond bush Tropical America Verbenaceae Anthurium hookeri 'Ruffles' bird's nest anthurium Guyana, Caribbean Araceae Arachis glabrata perennial peanut South America Fabaceae Arachnothryx leucophylla Panama rose, huele de noche Mexico to Panama Rubiaceae Ardisia escallonioides marlberry Florida native Myrsinaceae Asclepias curassavica Mexican milkweed Tropical America Asclepiadaceae Blechnum serrulatum swamp fern Florida native Blechnaceae Bourreria cassinifolia little strongback Florida native Boraginaceae Brachychiton acerifolius Australian flame tree N Australia Malvaceae Brunfelsia pauciflora 'Compacta' yesterday, today, tomorrow South America Fabaceae Byrsonima lucida locust-berry Florida native Malpighiaceae Caesalpinia granadillo bridal veil Venezuela Fabaceae Calliandra haematocephala 'Alba' white powder-puff Cultivated from Bolivia Fabaceae Calliandra surinamensis pink powder-puff N South America Fabaceae Calyptranthes pallens spicewood Florida native Myrtaceae Cananga odorata ylang-ylang India, SE Asia to N Australia Annonaceae Canella winterana wild cinnamon bark Florida native Canellaceae Capparis cynophallophora Jamaican caper Florida native Capparaceae Carpoxylon macrospermum Carpoxylon Vanuatu Arecaceae Cassia roxburghii Ceylon senna Sri Lanka, S India Fabaceae Ceiba speciosa silk floss tree Brazil, Argentina Malvaceae Chambeyronia macrocarpa red feather palm New Caledonia Arecaceae Chrysobalanus icaco 'Horizontal' horizontal cocoplum Florida native Chrysobalanaceae Clusia lanceolata porcelain flower Brazil, Venezuela Clusiaceae Coccothrinax alta Puerto Rican thatch palm Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands Arecaceae Coccothrinax argentata Florida silver palm Florida native Arecaceae Coccothrinax borhidiana yuraguano Cuba Arecaceae Coccothrinax crinita grandfather palm Cuba Arecaceae Codiaeum variegatum 'Franklin Roosevelt' croton 'Franklin Roosevelt' Cultivated Euphorbiaceae Codiaeum variegatum 'Stop Light' croton 'Stop Light' Cultivated Euphorbiaceae Coreopsis lanceolata lanceleaf tickseed Florida native Asteraceae March 2017 Botanical List Prepared by: Arielle J. Simon Corner Park: 401 Hampton Lane Horticultural Advisor Botanical Name Common Name Origin Family Coreopsis leavenworthii Leavenworth's tickseed Florida native Asteraceae Cuphea hyssopifolia Mexican heather Mexico, Guatemala Lythraceae Cuphea schumannii orange cigar plant Mexico Lythraceae Dictyosperma album princess palm, hurricane palm Mascarene Islands Arecaceae Dombeya x 'Seminole' tropical hydrangea hybridized from Madagascar Malvaceae Duranta erecta golden dewdrop Florida native Verbenaceae Dypsis cabadae cabada palm Madagascar Arecaceae Epidendrum radicans fire star orchid, reed orchid Tropical America Orchidaceae Erithalis fruticosa black torch Florida native Rubiaceae Ernodea littoralis golden creeper Florida native Rubiaceae Ernodea cokeri Coker's creeper Florida native Rubiaceae Eugenia confusa red-berry stopper Florida native Myrtaceae Eugenia foetida Spanish stopper Florida native Myrtaceae Eugenia rhombea red stopper Florida native Myrtaceae Farfugium japonicum variety giganteum green leopard plant Japan Asteraceae Flaveria linearis yellowtop Florida native Asteraceae Gaillardia pulchella blanket flower Florida native Asteraceae Gardenia taitensis 'Mini' dwarf Tahitian gardenia W Polynesia Rubiaceae Guaiacum sanctum lignum vitae Florida native Zygophyllaceae Hamelia patens firebush Florida native Rubiaceae Heterocentron elegans Spanish shawl S Mexico to El Salvador Melastomataceae Hyophorbe lagenicaulis bottle palm Mauritius Arecaceae Jacaranda mimosifolia Jacaranda NW Argentina to Brazil Bignoniaceae Jacquinia keyensis joewood Florida native Theophrastaceae Justicia brandegeeana red shrimp plant Mexico Acanthaceae Justicia fulvicoma Mexican shrimp plant Central America Acanthaceae Lantana camara lantana Tropical America, naturalized in FL Verbenaceae Lantana involucrata wild sage Florida native Verbenaceae Leucothrinax morrisii Keys thatch palm Florida native Arecaceae Lonchocarpus violaceus West Indian lilac N South America Fabaceae Majidea zanguebarica mgambo tree, black pearl tree Kenya, E Africa Sapindaceae Malpighia coccigera miniature holly Caribbean Malpighiaceae Melochia tomentosa teabush Florida native Malvaceae Michelia alba white champaca, pakalana Java Magnoliaceae Millingtonia hortensis Indian cork tree SE Asia Bignoniaceae March 2017 Botanical List Prepared by: Arielle J. Simon Corner Park: 401 Hampton Lane Horticultural Advisor Botanical Name Common Name Origin Family Mimosa strigillosa sensitive plant, sunshine Mimosa Florida native Fabaceae Muhlenbergia capillaris muhly grass Florida native Poaceae Muhlenbergia dumosa bamboo muhly grass SW United States, Mexico Poaceae Myrcianthes fragrans Simpson's stopper Florida native Myrtaceae Myrcianthes fragrans 'Ingram's Sport' variegated Simpson's stopper Florida native Myrtaceae Nephrolepis exaltata sword fern, native Boston fern Florida native Nephrolepidaceae Passiflora suberosa corkystem passionflower Florida native Passifloraceae Pentas lanceolata Egyptian starclusters E Africa Rubiaceae Phyla nodiflora frogfruit, creeping Charlie Florida native Verbenaceae Phyllanthus myrtifolius 'Cascade' mousetail plant Cultivated Phyllanthaceae Picramnia pentandra bitterbush Florida native Simaroubaceae Pilea serpyllacea 'Stoplight' artillery plant South America Urticaceae Pimenta dioica allspice Tropical America Myrtaceae Pimenta racemosa bay rum West Indies Myrtaceae Pithecellobium keyense blackbead Florida native Fabaceae Pityopsis graminifolia silk grass Florida native Asteraceae Plumeria 'Chocolate Delight' frangipani, flor de mayo Cultivated from Tropical America Apocynaceae Plumeria 'Salmon Jack' frangipani, flor de mayo Cultivated from Tropical America Apocynaceae Portlandia grandiflora bell flower Jamaica Rubiaceae Portlandia proctorii crimson portlandia Jamaica Rubiaceae Portulaca oleracea purslane Persia Portulacaceae Psychotria ligustrifolia Bahama wild coffee Florida native Rubiaceae Ptychosperma elegans Alexander palms Australia Arecaceae Randia aculeata white indigoberry Florida native Rubiaceae Ruellia squarrosa water bluebell Mexico Acanthaceae Salvia coccinea tropical sage Florida native Lamiaceae Salvia leucantha Mexican bush sage Mexico Lamiaceae Sedum hakonense 'Chocolate Ball' stonecrop Cultivated Crassulaceae Senna alata candlestick senna Tropical America Fabaceae Senna mexicana variety chapmanii Bahama senna Florida native Fabaceae Serenoa repens saw palmetto Florida native Arecaceae Sesuvium portulacastrum sea purslane Florida native Aizoaceae Solidago odora subspecies chapmanii Chapman's goldenrod Florida native Asteraceae Stachytarpheta jamaicensis porterweed Florida native Verbenaceae Stemmadenia litoralis milky way tree, lechoso Mexico to Colombia Apocynaceae March 2017 Botanical List Prepared by: Arielle J. Simon Corner Park: 401 Hampton Lane Horticultural Advisor Botanical Name Common Name Origin Family Suriana maritima bay cedar Florida native Surianaceae Tabebuia 'St. Lucie' trumpet tree Cultivated from Caribbean Bignoniaceae Tabebuia bahamensis five fingers Bahamas, Cuba Bignoniaceae Tabebuia heterophylla pink trumpet tree Caribbean Bignoniaceae Tecoma stans yellow elder Tropical America Bignoniaceae Thrinax radiata Florida thatch palm Florida native Arecaceae Tripsacum floridana Florida gamagrass Florida native Poaceae Vallesia antillana pearl berry Florida native Apocynaceae Verbena bonariensis Brazilian vervain South America Verbenaceae Zamia pumila coontie Florida native Zamiaceae March 2017.