Scrub Blazing Star (Liatris Ohlingerae) is an endemic perennial herb found only on the Lake Wales Ridge of central Florida.

Close-up of Foxglove flowers. Foxglove is common in the Pacific Northwest.

Black-eyed susans

Easter Lily

Flower detail of a Cherokee Rose

Camilia bloom

Crab spider on Ashe's Savory, Calamintha asheii

Blueberry (vaccinium spp) flowers are common in Florida's oak scrub on the Lake Wales Ridge.

Slender Blazing Star (Liatris tenuifolia) is a relatively common perrenial herb in scrubs and pine flatwoods throughout the southern coastal plain.

Detail of the flower of prickly pear (Opuntia humifusa). Although not thought of as a common plant to Florida, its is common to abundant in many habitats, including scrub.

Close-up of the flower of Lake Placid Scrub Mint (Dicerandra frutescens).

Underside of a backlit Mexican Blanket flower

Close-up of a Camelia flower in my backyard

Detail of morning dew on the flower of the Lake Placid Scrub Mint, a rare and endemic species of the Lake Wales Ridge

Black-eyed susans

Orton effect Mexican Blanket Flowers

Polygenella robusta

Scrub morning glory, Bonamia grandiflora, endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge

Blueberries in the Florida Scrub

Close-up of a backlit daffodil

Close-up of a bromiliad flower. This is a stack of nine different exposures processed to maximize the depth of field, impossible to acheive any other way at this high magnification.

Black and white studio shot of a chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum flower close-up

Yellow Buttons (Balduina angustifolia) is a common flower in the fall in scrubs and flatwoods of central Florida.

Chryanthemum close-up

Dicerandra christmanii

Dicerandra christmanii is an endangered mint endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge of southcentral Florida

Blue curls (Trichostema dichotomum) is a member of the mint family and common throughout Florida and the eastern half of North America, including the southern provinces of Canada. In Florida, it naturally occurs in a wide variety of well-drained habitats and colonizes disturbed sites fairly quickly as well.

Dayflower is a relatively common plant, occurring throughout the east, but it is common in Florida's oak scrub and quite pretty.

First Camelia bloom of the season

Close-up of a prickly pear (Opuntia) flower

Dicerandra cornutissima (Longspurred Mint) is a rare mint found only in Marion and Sumpter counties of Florida

Yellow and white shades of Lake Placid Scrub Mint (Dicerandra frutescens). The flowers are yellow for several hours after they bloom but by afternoon they turn white

Cactus bloom taken at Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida.

Close-up of Camelia stamens with a drop of water on a petal in the foreground.

St. John's Wort, Hypericum edisonianum, on the Lake Wales Ridge of south-central Florida.