Wildflowers in Ruskin Part 3

Gaillardia pulchellas and Black Eyed Susans

on the way from 301 to Hwy 17 going to and from Starke

May and June

 

Shades of Pink Phlox

Phlox drummondii

A bed of yellow Stargazer Easter Lillies along the road

Bright  orange Butterfly Weed in the sand
Asclepia tuberosa

More fields of Pink Blanket Flowers and Black Eyed Susan's.

The prettiest Pink Daylilies just blooming along the road.

Neat little bundles of these yellow wildflowers
in the ditches.  Goldenaster Family

Florida's native wild Rain Lily that is almost extinct. 
Found them in an old yard where they are allowed to
bloom before being mowed in June.

Zephyranthes candida - Amaryllis Family

Would you look how many lilies sprouted overnight.
I couldn't believe it.  It is June,
and the afternoon rains have started.

I think the above is a Strangler Tree..
Yellow Butterweed along a dry sandy roadside.
About 3 foot stalks and spread out about 5 feet wide.
Packera glabella

Water Hyacinths with deep lilac blooms
about 14 inches high and 6 inches wide. Lovely

Eichhornia crassipes

See ya later...