Florida Department of Transportation Wildflower Program

This page is hosted by the Florida Wildflower Foundation as a courtesy to the Florida Department of Transportation.

Photo Gallery

The photos on this page highlight the successes of the Florida Department of Transportation Wildflower Program over the past 20 years. Due to construction activities, necessary re-working of roadsides and other issues, some wildflower areas may no longer exist.

Click on an image to see information about species, location, date and photographer. “Natural” is included in the description if the wildflowers are naturally occurring.

District 1: Southwest Florida

Includes Charlotte, Collier, Desoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Lee, Manatee, Okeechobee, Polk and Sarasota counties

roadside field of Goldenmane tickseed and Annual phlox in bloom

roadside field of Leavenworth's tickseed in bloom

District 2: Northeast Florida

Includes Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwanee, Taylor and Union counties

Blooming blue-eyed grass and heartwing dock along roadside

roadside field of blooming Lyreleaf sage

roadside field of softhair coneflower in bloom

roadside field of blooming annual phlox and carolina woollywhite

roadside field of blooming annual phlox and oakleaf fleabane

roadside field of blooming powderpuff and grassnut

roadside field of Texas bluebonnet and Entireleaf indian paintbrush

Southeastern sneezeweed blooming along roadside

field of blooming Leavenworth's tickseed along roadside

goldenmane tickseed and annual phlox blooming along roadside

field of goldenmane tickseed and annual phlox along roadside

field of goldenmane tickseed and annual phlox in bloom with FDOT wildflower area sign

Goldenmane tickseed, Annual phlox and Carolina woollywhite along roadside

Goldenmane tickseed, Annual phlox and Blanketflower in bloom along roadside

Goldenmane tickseed in bloom along roadside with fence

field of Florida greeneyes along roadside

District 3: Northwest Florida

Includes Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton and Washington counties

Northern mockingbird on wildflower area sign in field of blooming Lanceleaf tickseed

Fringed bluestar blooming along roadside

Rainlilies blooming among trees along roadside

Treaty's rainlilies blooming along roadside

Bladderwort blooming in standing water along roadside

Parrot pitcherplant and Yellow colicroot blooming along roadside

Whitetop pitcherplant and Yelloweyed grass along roadside

field of Black-eyed Susan blooming at rest area

People taking a photo in a field of Black-eyed Susan at a rest area

Black-eyed Susan blooming along roadside

Black-eyed Susan blooming in roadway median

Yellow meadowbeauty blooming along roadside

Pinnate prairie coneflower along roadside with wildflower area sign

Sunflowers and bluestem grass along roadside

Moss verbena, Heartwing dock and Lanceleaf tickseed blooming along roadside

Rattlesnakemaster and Orange coneflower along roadside

Early whitetop fleabane blooming along roadside

Coastalplain balm blooming along roadside

Garden cosmos blooming along roadside with wildflower area sign

Many pink Georgia tickseed blooms growing in shallow roadside ditch

Georgia tickseed blooming in standing water along roadside

Leavenworth's tickseed blooming around roadside

field of Lanceleaf tickseed at rest area

field of Lanceleaf tickseed at rest area with wildflower area sign

field of Lanceleaf tickseed blooming near rest area building

Lanceleaf tickseed blooming along roadside

field of Lanceleaf tickseed along roadside

field of Goldenmane tickseed along roadside

field of Partridgepea blooming at rest area

Hairy chaffhead and Smallfruit beggarticks along roadside

Smallfruit beggarticks and Goldenrod along roadside

Coastalplain honeycombhead along roadside

Gulf fritillary on Heart-leaf Brickle-bush along roadside

District 4: Southeast Florida

Includes Broward, Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties

field of black-eyed susans and blanketflower along road

field of black-eyed susan and blanketflower along road

field of black-eyed susan and blanketflower in front of rest area building

field of black-eyed susan and blanketflower under overpass

field of black-eyed susan and blanketflower along road and under overpass

field of black-eyed susan and blanketflower

District 5: Central Florida

Includes Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties

Blanketflower and dune sunflower blooming along roadside

Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass blooming along roadside

Annual phlox and Oakleaf fleabane blooming along roadside

Dotted horsemint, Partridgepea and Blanketflower blooming along roadside

Powderpuff and Blanketflower blooming along roadside

Purple lovegrass blooming along roadside

District 6: South Florida

Includes Miami-Dade and Monroe counties

Black-eyed Susan and blanketflower blooming at Miami-Dade maintenance building

Leavenworth's tickseed, blanketflower and phlox planted at Miami-Dade maintenance building

District 7: West Central Florida

Includes Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties

Blanketflower and lemon beebalm blooming along roadside

Leavenworth's tickseed blooming along roadside

District 8: Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise

Click to view the Florida’s Turnpike Wildflower Locations map.

Yellow colicroot, black-eyed susan and Leavenworth's tickseed blooming along roadside

Rosegentian, meadowbeauty and yellow colicroot blooming along roadside

Heartwing dock and annual phlox blooming along roadside

Black-eyed Susan and Florida betony blooming along roadside

Black-eyed Susan and Blue-eyed grass blooming along roadside

Black-eyed Susan and Starrush whitetop blooming along roadside

Black-eyed Susan, Annual phlox and Standing cypress blooming along roadside

Black-eyed Susan and Annual phlox blooming along roadside

Black-eyed Susans blooming along roadside

Black-eyed Susan and Blanketflower blooming along roadside

field of sunflowers blooming along roadside

Rayless sunflower blooming along roadside

Narrowleaf yellowtops blooming along roadside

Tickseed and annual phlox blooming along roadside

Grasspink, black-eyed susan and leavenworth's tickseed blooming along roadside

Yellow colicroot, Low pinebarren milkwort and Rosegentian blooming along roadside

Yellow colicroot, Leavenworth's tickseed and Rosegentian blooming along roadside

Coreopsis

These photos are of plantings that include Coreopsis, Florida’s state wildflower. To learn about Coreopsis species that occur in Florida, click here.

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