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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution
Acanthaceae	Acanthaceae	Acanthus Family
Acanthaceae	Andrographis	False Water-willow
Acanthaceae	Andrographis echioides		Chrome ore piles, almost certainly a waif and not established in our area.	Native of India. Reported for chrome ore piles near Newport News, VA, by Reed (1961)
Acanthaceae	Anisacanthus	Desert-honeysuckle
Acanthaceae	Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii	Wright's Desert-honeysuckle	Floodplains, streambanks.	C. and s. TX south to COA, NLE, and TAM.
Acanthaceae	Asystasia	Chinese Violet
Acanthaceae	Asystasia gangetica ssp. gangetica	Chinese-violet	Disturbed areas, hammocks.	Native of Asia and Africa.
Acanthaceae	Asystasia gangetica ssp. micrantha	Chinese Violet, Coromandel, Creeping Foxglove, Asystasia	Disturbed areas.	Native of India. See Barger et al. (2012) for additional information on the AL occurrence. See Lange, Bradley, & Sadle [in prep.] for report of the s. FL occurrence, described as "abundant and aggressive".
Acanthaceae	Avicennia	Black Mangrove
Acanthaceae	Avicennia germinans	Black Mangrove, Mangle Blanco	Brackish and salt marshes and swamps, in tidal flats and lagoons.	Scattered on the Gulf Coast in FL peninsula (Dixie county southward on the west coast, St. Johns County southward on the east coast), Panhandle FL (Franklin and Taylor counties), s. MS, s. AL, s. LA, and se. TX, southward into the West Indies and Tropical America.
Acanthaceae	Barleria
Acanthaceae	Barleria cristata	Crested Philippine-Violet, Bluebell Barleria	Disturbed areas.	Native of Asia.
Acanthaceae	Barleria lupulina	Hop-headed Barleria	Disturbed areas.	Native of Africa.
Acanthaceae	Barleria repens	Small Bush-violet, Red Philippine-Violet	Disturbed areas.	Native of Africa.
Acanthaceae	Carlowrightia	Carlowrightia, Wrightwort
Acanthaceae	Carlowrightia parviflora	Small-flower Carlowrightia	Chaparral, thornscrub, roadsides, in gravelly or sandy loam soils.	S. TX south into c. Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Carlowrightia texana	Texas Carlowrightia	Mesquite woodlands, arroyos, dry grasslands, roadsides.	Nc. TX, s. NM, and s. AZ south to n. Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Dicliptera	Dicliptera, Foldwing
Acanthaceae	Dicliptera brachiata	Dicliptera, Branched Foldwing	Bottomland forests.	Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to c. TX, and north in the interior to c. TN, s. IN, s. IL, MO, and se. KS.
Acanthaceae	Dicliptera sexangularis	Banderita, Six-angle Foldwing	Maritime hammocks, rockland hammocks, coastal berms, coastal rock barrens, coastal prairies, upland disturbed areas.	S. FL; s. TX south through Mexico and Central America to South America; West Indies.
Acanthaceae	Dyschoriste	Twinflower, Snakeherb, Dyschoriste
Acanthaceae	Dyschoriste angusta	Pineland Twinflower	Pine rocklands, marl prairies.	N. FL south to s. peninsular FL; n. Bahamas. Reported for FL Panhandle (Wakulla County) by Kunzer et al. (2009).
Acanthaceae	Dyschoriste crenulata		Chaparral and brushlands.	S. TX and COA and TAM.
Acanthaceae	Dyschoriste humistrata	Swamp Twinflower, Swamp Dyschoriste	Bottomland forests, especially on soils over limestone.	E. SC to c. peninsular FL, west to e. Panhandle FL.
Acanthaceae	Dyschoriste linearis var. linearis		Sparsely vegetated prairie slopes.	S. OK south through e, c., and w. TX into Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Dyschoriste linearis var. sanpatriciensis
Acanthaceae	Dyschoriste oblongifolia	Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste	Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, and longleaf pine sandhills.	SC to s. FL, west to se. AL and e. Panhandle FL. The basis of Small's (1933) attribution of this species to VA is unknown.
Acanthaceae	Elytraria	Elytraria
Acanthaceae	Elytraria angustifolia	Florida Elytraria	Calcareous wet prairies (marl prairies) and wet calcareous pine rockland savannas.	Endemic to s. FL.
Acanthaceae	Elytraria bromoides		Sandy soils.	S. TX south to se. Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Elytraria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis	Carolina Elytraria	Swamp forests over coquina limestone ("marl"), mesic and hydric hammocks, rarely in more acidic soils.	Var. caroliniensis ranges from se. SC south to c. peninsular FL (Manatee and Highlands counties), west to c. Panhandle FL (Gadsden County) and sw. GA.
Acanthaceae	Elytraria caroliniensis var. vahliana		Wet pine flatwoods and wetland savannas on calcareous substrates.	Ne. and c. Panhandle FL (where restricted to lower coastal terraces), south to n. peninsular FL (Levy and Flagler counties); should be sought in extreme s. GA.
Acanthaceae	Eranthemum
Acanthaceae	Eranthemum pulchellum	Blue-sage	Disturbed areas.	Native of Asia.
Acanthaceae	Graptophyllum
Acanthaceae	Graptophyllum pictum	Caricature Plant	Disturbed upland areas.	Native of se. Asia.
Acanthaceae	Hygrophila	Swampweed
Acanthaceae	Hygrophila corymbosa	Starhorn	Ditches, disturbed wet areas.	Native of Asia.
Acanthaceae	Hygrophila difformis	Water-wisteria	Canals, ponds.	Native of se. Asia.
Acanthaceae	Hygrophila lacustris	Gulf Swampweed	Shallow water of swamps and shores.	Sw. GA south to c. FL Peninsula, west to e. TX; West Indies.
Acanthaceae	Hygrophila polysperma	East Indian Swampweed, Hygro, Miramar-weed, East Indian Hygrophila	Lakes, rivers, canals; established in AL, FL, and SC (Hook & Nelson 2011), doubtfully established in VA.	Native of the East Indies. Grown for the aquarium trade, and sporadically introduced to bodies of water, apparently well-established in FL (Les & Wunderlin 1981).
Acanthaceae	Hygrophila species 1		Swamps and marshes.	Known from Escambia County, FL (Daniel 2013).
Acanthaceae	Hypoestes
Acanthaceae	Hypoestes phyllostachya	Polka Dot Plant	Suburban woodlands, escaped from cultivation.	Native of Madagascar. Reported for Leon and Alachua counties, FL (Wunderlin & Hansen 2011).
Acanthaceae	Justicia	Water-willow
Acanthaceae	Justicia americana	American Water-willow	River and stream beds, in shallow water, often rooted in rocky shallows.	W. QC west to s. MI and NE, south to sw. GA, Panhandle FL, and s. TX; COA and CHH.
Acanthaceae	Justicia angusta	Pineland Water-willow, Narrowleaf Water-willow	Pond-cypress depressions, roadside ditches, pine savannas.	Se. GA (Camden and Charlton counties) (Sorrie 1998b; Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009) south to s. FL.
Acanthaceae	Justicia brandegeeana	Shrimp-plant	Disturbed areas.	Native of Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Justicia comata	Marsh Waterwillow	Disturbed wetlands.	Native of tropical America.
Acanthaceae	Justicia cooleyi	Cooley’s Water-willow, Cooley’s Justicia	Calcareous hammocks.	Endemic to nc. peninsular FL (Lake, Sumter, and Hernando counties).
Acanthaceae	Justicia crassifolia		Pine flatwoods, cypress ponds.	Endemic to FL Panhandle.
Acanthaceae	Justicia lanceolata		Swamps, marshes.	Se. GA west to TX, north in the Mississippi Embayment to s. IL, s. IN, w. KY.
Acanthaceae	Justicia ovata	Coastal Plain Water-willow, Loose-flower Water-willow	Swamps, marshes.	S. VA south to c. peninsular FL, Panhandle FL, and se. AL; s. IL.
Acanthaceae	Justicia pectoralis	Fresh-cut	Disturbed areas.	Native of tropical America.
Acanthaceae	Justicia pilosella	Hairy Tubetongue	Rocky and gravelly soils in chaparral.	Nc., se., and w. TX and NM to n. Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Justicia runyonii	Runyon's Water-willow	Margins of and openings within subtropical woodlands or thorn shrublands on calcareous, alluvial, silty or clayey soils derived from Holocene silt and sand floodplain deposits of the Rio Grande Delta; can be common in narrow openings such as those provided by trails through dense ebony woodlands and is sometimes restricted to microdepressions.	S. TX and n. Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Justicia spicigera	Mohintle, Mexican-honeysuckle	Disturbed areas.	Native of Mexico and Central America.
Acanthaceae	Justicia turneri	Turner's Water-willow
Acanthaceae	Nelsonia	Nelsonia
Acanthaceae	Nelsonia canescens	Blue Pussyleaf	Disturbed areas.	Native of Africa.
Acanthaceae	Odontonema	Firespike
Acanthaceae	Odontonema cuspidatum	Firespike	Disturbed hammocks and other uplands.	Native of tropical America.
Acanthaceae	Pseuderanthemum
Acanthaceae	Pseuderanthemum variabile	Night-and-Afternoon	Disturbed areas, also in potted plants and greenhouses.	Native of the Old World. Reported as a greenhouse weed from SC (Nelson & Kelly 1997), but not included as a regular member of the flora of SC because "it is unlikely that it could persist anywhere in South Carolina outside a greenhouse environment" (Nelson & Kelly 1997).
Acanthaceae	Ruellia	Wild-petunia
Acanthaceae	Ruellia blechum	Green Shrimp-plant, Browne’s Blechum	Suburban woodlands, disturbed areas, escaped from horticultural use.	Native of the Neotropics.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia caroliniensis	Carolina Wild-petunia, Common Wild-petunia	Dry to moist forests and woodlands.	NJ, s. OH, s. IN, s. IL, and OK, south to s. FL and e. TX.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia ciliatiflora	Hairyflower Wild-petunia	Lawns, roadsides, mango and avocado plantations, other disturbed areas.	Native of South America. Reported for GA (Zomlefer et al. 2018).
Acanthaceae	Ruellia ciliosa	Sandhill Wild-petunia, Dwarf Wild-petunia	Longleaf pine sandhills, particularly in loamy, submesic swales.	Sc. NC south to c. peninsular FL, west to se. LA.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia corzoi	Corzo's Wild-petunia	Limestone hills and draws.	S., c., and w. TX south to ne. Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia dipteracanthus		Disturbed areas.	Native of the Neotropics. See Keith, Wright, & Godwin (2017) for first reports of naturalization in the United States (FL and TX).
Acanthaceae	Ruellia drummondiana	Drummond's Wild-petunia	Rocky riparian areas.	Endemic to TX.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia heteromorpha		Dry-mesic pinelands, marl prairies, pine rocklands.	S. peninsular FL.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia humilis	Low Wild-petunia, Hairy Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia	Calcareous or mafic glades and woodlands, prairies, dry woodlands and fields.	S. PA west to se. MN and e. NE, south to c. NC, nc. SC (York County; Schmidt & Barnwell 2002), c. AL, s. MS, s. LA, and c. and s. TX.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia metziae	Metz's Wild-petunia	Open areas over calcareous gravels and calcareous woodlands.	Endemic to c. Texas.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia noctiflora	Night-flowering Wild-petunia	Wet pinelands and savannas.	E. GA (in counties immediately adjacent to SC) south to ne. FL; Panhandle FL west to se. LA.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora	Violet Wild-petunia	Moist to dry woodlands and forests.	AL west to TX, south to s. Mexico and Central America.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii	Runyon's Wild-petunia	Gravelly, calcareous soils of open areas and woodlands.	S. TX south into Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia occidentalis	Western Wild-petunia	Dry rocky woodlands and chaparral.	Se. and c. TX south through s. TX to n. Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia pedunculata	Stalked Wild-petunia	Dry woodlands and forests.	IL and MO south to w. LA and e. TX, with a few records east to w. KY and se. LA.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia pinetorum	Pineland Wild-petunia	Dry to wet pinelands and prairies.	SC south to Panhandle FL, west to e. TX.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia purshiana	Pursh's Wild-petunia	Dry woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks.	MD south to c. GA and c. AL, in and adjacent to the Appalachians. Reported occurrences (Kartesz 2020) in w. TN and ne. LA are questionable and need verification. Found in MS on limestone bluffs and glade edges (J. Kees).
Acanthaceae	Ruellia simplex	Mexican Bluebell, Mexican Petunia	Disturbed areas, commonly cultivated, especially in maritime situations along the south Atlantic and Gulf coasts, persistent and spreading (including by seed) to adjacent areas.	Native of e. Mexico.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia strepens	Limestone Wild-petunia, Limestone Ruellia	Calcareous forests, woodlands, and fields.	NJ west to OH and IA, south to se., sc., and ne. NC, e. SC, AL, and TX.
Acanthaceae	Ruellia succulenta	Smooth Wild-petunia, Thickleaf Wild-petunia	Pine rocklands, mesic pine flatwoods, marl prairies, wet prairies, disturbed uplands.	Endemic to s. peninsular FL (Charlotte, Lee, Collier, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties).
Acanthaceae	Ruellia yucatana	Yucatan Wild-petunia	Grasslands, on caliche, chaparral, thicket edges; eastwards in disturbed areas.	E. and c. TX southwards; also in s. Alabama in disturbed ground.
Acanthaceae	Stenandrium
Acanthaceae	Stenandrium dulce var. dulce	Sweet Shaggytuft, Pinklet	Pine savannas and flatwoods, dunes, delta, and bottomlands (TX).	C. peninsular FL to s. FL; allegedly in s. GA; also in s. TX south to s. Mexico and Central America. A report for Berkeley County, SC (Kartesz 2020) is an error.
Acanthaceae	Stenandrium dulce var. floridanum		Pine rockland, marl prairie.	Endemic to s. peninsular FL.
Acanthaceae	Strobilanthes
Acanthaceae	Strobilanthes alternata	Red-Ivy	Disturbed areas.	Native of Asia.
Acanthaceae	Strobilanthes reptans	Red-flame	Disturbed areas.	Native of Pacific Islands.
Acanthaceae	Thunbergia	Clock-vine
Acanthaceae	Thunbergia alata	Black-eyed-Susan Vine	Disturbed areas.	Native of Africa.
Acanthaceae	Thunbergia fragrans	White Thunbergia, White-lady	Disturbed areas.	Native of India and Malaysia.
Acanthaceae	Thunbergia grandiflora	Bengal Trumpet, Skyvine, Clockvine	Disturbed areas.	Native of India. Reported for Panhandle FL (Calhoun County; L. Anderson, pers.comm., 2021).
Acanthaceae	Yeatesia	Bractspike
Acanthaceae	Yeatesia viridiflora	Yellow Bractspike	Rich bottomlands, calcareous river bluffs and hammocks, prairies, marshes.	Sw. GA and Panhandle FL west to TX (Kartesz 1999). See Sorrie & LeBlond (2008) for additional distributional information. Discovered in s. SC in 2021 by John Nelson (K. Bradley, pers. comm. 2021). Just reaching the southwest portion of the Alabama Ridge and Valley Province in Bibb County (B. Keener, pers. comm. 2022).

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