Thursday, March 14, 2024

March 14, 2024

This plant is known as Piloblephis rigida
Commonly known as Florida or False Pennyroyal
It's the only plant in the genus Piloblephis
Hedeoma pulegioides is American Pennyroyal.

(See sources section below. American Pennyroyal can be quite toxic, both to humans and pets.)

Location: UF DeLuca Preserve 2024 Bioblitz

Sources: https://www.flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-piloblephis-rigida/https://www.missouriplants.com/Hedeoma_pulegioides_page.html

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

If you are reading and enjoying this blog, please consider supporting me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/deeat8am, or purchase my current book, The Rhyming Guide to Florida Spiders (details at https://deeateightam.blogspot.com/p/rhyming-guide-to-florida-spiders-now.html). Thank you for being a reader and friend of Dee at 8 A.M.





No comments: