Rufino Osorio

Earlier this year, I photographed the fruits of the notoriously invasive Brazilian-pepper ( Schinus terebinthifolius ). While studying the ...

Early last year, I collected a few seeds from a pokeweed, Phytolacca americana, that had spontaneously arisen among some saw palmetto palm...

A small, trailing, groundcovering plant known as Pilea glauca is readily available on the internet. See, for example, the online store of ...

Tough bumelia is a common, thorny, deciduous or evergreen shrub or small tree native to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florid...

Wild columbine is a common wildflower throughout the eastern and central portions of Canada and the United States. In eastern North Amer...

A Spanish daisy, Helenium amarum, made itself at home in my carport. It is a perky and pretty yellow annual daisy native to Florida. It is...

Cyperus odoratus. Flat sedges, members of the genus Cyperus, are rarely grown even though 35 native species occur in Florida, along w...

Aleurodicus rugioperculatus, the rugose spiraling whitefly, on the lower surface of a leaflet of a Biscayne prickly-ash, Zanthoxylum cori...

Zeuxine strateumatica growing in a lawn and living up to its common name, lawn orchid. Zeuxine strateumatica is a small orchid native t...

Rough strongbark is a Florida state-listed endangered plant with significant wildlife value. It is a large shrub or small tree with small,...