Native Plants
to use NOW Recommendations from
FANN’s Plant Promotion
Committee, chaired by habitat
designer Kirsten Sharp-Ortega,
Green Isle Gardens Nursery.
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CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA:
Starry Silphium Silphium asteriscus
Starry Silphium Flower: (Right)Flowers are large, up to
2½ inches in diameter, and very attractive to butterflies and
other pollinators. Photo: Eleanor Dietrich
Habit of Silphium asteriscus: (Below)This 2-5' high flowering
perennial blooms from spring to fall in full sun to light shade.
Drought tolerant and long lived. Also known as Rosinweed, an
unfortunate common name given the plant’s natural beauty.
Photo: Nancy Bissett
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