Texas Vervain (Verbena halei Small), blooming across the yard this morning. It has shot up to 2' high in the past week, despite the frost last Monday.
This stuff should not be so hard to identify. It is everywhere. Both of my guidebooks to Florida misidentify this species as Verbena officinalis (Herb of the Cross) which I have only seen in Escambia County.
I think this is a perfectly acceptable wildflower and I'm letting it take over for now. . .until I get cultivated gardens planted. Hopefully, I'll get some seeds in the ground this afternoon. It is to be 80 and sunny.
The other wildflower that is flourishing is Poorman's Pepper (Lepidium virginicum). I've tasted it and it tastes more like mustard than pepper. It is in the Brassicaceae family (mustard). Pictured below, this stuff is really taking off around all the queen palms where I've been watering a lot since the hard freezes.
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