Research says...

When roadside wildflower planting projects began, it became apparent that little was known about how to grow and establish wildflowers. This clear need for research led to creation of the wildflower state license tag, with the Florida Wildflower Foundation to administer generated funds.

The Wildflower Literature Survey was funded by the Florida Wildflower Foundation in 2010 to provide a collection of existing research on Florida's wildflowers. Dr. Anne Frances reviewed literature for more than 260 Florida native species to bring you the most relevant citations for increasing and protecting Florida’s native wildflowers. The Foundation will continue to augment this collection to include recent studies and information on more species.

Links for more species information:

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. The Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants is a joint effort by the Institute for Systematic Botany, the University of South Florida and the Florida Center for Community Design + Research to provide users with a comprehensive searchable database of vascular plants in the State of Florida.

USDA PLANTS Database. The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, Web links, and references. This information primarily promotes land conservation in the United States and its territories, but academic, educational, and general use is encouraged.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN). The goal of the Native Plant Information Network (NPIN) is to assemble and disseminate information that will encourage the sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants and landscapes throughout North America.

Here you will find a growing collection of scientific articles on Florida's native wildflowers. The wildflowers included are commonly occurring plants that are commercially available or used in restoration projects.

To find articles about a specific species, select it from the drop down list and click "search now!" You will see general information with links for more species information. Articles related to the selected plant will be listed below.

To list articles related to an interest area, type in a search term, and/or select from a list of research settings and topics.

When you click an article title you will see a short summary and bibliographic information. (Click the title again to close the listing.) Links to the article itself (DOI or JSTOR) or the journal (WorldCat or the journal link) are provided when available. Access to the full text will depend on the article's copyright restrictions and institutional or other access you may have.