Fall Roadside Flowers 2026

Richard Rathe, Nov 2026 (Photography)

I live just off a rural county road in Florida. While driving back and forth I noticed a purple hue along a particular section. One morning I stopped to appreciate what was growing there. I think I successfully identified most of these. 🙂

Note: There are several species with almost identical color and similar flowers/florets.

Here's a single stem of pure white flowers. I've seen this with other roadside flowers such as Phlox.

There were a few yellow flowers mixed in for contrast.

I think this is a species of Lobelia.

There are at least three species of postage-stamp sized Crescent butterflies in Florida. I think this the Phaon.

All of the above where blooming with a two hundred feet of each other. The other side of the road had almost no flowers due to microclimate conditions I'll speculate.

This last was taken a few days later in my neighborhood.