Lobelia Red Basil Yellow Fringed Orchid Goldencrest Catchfly Prairie Gentian
Butterfly Pea
Plants of Southern Alabama
and
adjoining areas of Mississippi and Florida
Scaly Blazing Star

This site is intended as an aid to the identification of wildflowers which are found in the area of Mobile, Alabama. Of course, most of these plants have a much wider distribution, throughout the Southeast and beyond in many cases. However, all of the plants on this site were located and photographed within 100 miles of Mobile. This area includes Pensacola, Florida, and environs as well as Pascagoula, Mississippi. The entire area falls within the coastal plain.

Map of Mobile Alabama area

This site concentrates on herbaceous flowering plants, commonly called wildflowers, (or forbs by botanists), as opposed to grasses, woody shrubs or trees. The plants may be searched by photograph, by common name, or by scientific name. The photos may be browsed either by color or by family. Scientific names and common names are indexed alphabetically.

Wildflower photos arranged by color


Wildflower photos arranged by family


Index of scientific names


Index of common names


Notes, references and links


Why some plants have multiple scientific names


Wildflower Mosaic





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This site was updated January 2, 2014

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Sandhill Milkweed Blue Sage Sensitive Briar Dwarf Iris Michaux's Milkweed