Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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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. |