Native plant · APOCYNACEAE
Amsonia ciliata
FRINGED BLUESTAR
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Amsonia ciliata. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Amsonia ciliata
- Family
- APOCYNACEAE
- Genus
- Amsonia
- Order
- GENTIANALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native
- Florida range
- North Florida · Central Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Marion; Sumter; Baker; Walton; Citrus; Franklin; Levy; Leon; Bay; Calhoun; Suwannee; Washington; Taylor; Jackson; Santa Rosa; Liberty; Escambia; Hernando; Lake; Polk; Clay; Hillsborough; Okaloosa; Dixie; Lafayette
Verified ecology and propagation
- Native habitat
- sandhill; scrub
- Soil
- sand
- Restoration considerations
- Habitats: Sandhills, scrubs; sandy ruderal sites; Life history: Perennial; Flowering: April to November; Flowering height: 1 to 3 feet; Guide notes: Beautiful blue flower for sandy site
Where documented in Florida
Marion; Sumter; Baker; Walton; Citrus; Franklin; Levy; Leon; Bay; Calhoun; Suwannee; Washington; Taylor; Jackson; Santa Rosa; Liberty; Escambia; Hernando; Lake; Polk; Clay; Hillsborough; Okaloosa; Dixie; Lafayette
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Amsonia
- Amsonia tabernaemontana — EASTERN BLUESTAR
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.