Cyrilla arida, Scrub Titi Baptisia Phonetic Spelling kry-SOG-uh-num ver-jin-ee-AY-num Description

Phonetic Spelling kry-SOG-uh-num ver-jin-ee-AY-num Description Green and Gold

but it spreads by suckering

The species epithet is Latin for "of Virginia

Soil: Rich

tubular purple flowers with huge yellow anthers (related to tuberose)

Cyrilla arida, Scrub Titi Baptisia Phonetic Spelling kry-SOG-uh-num ver-jin-ee-AY-num DescriptionCyrilla arida, commonly known as Scrub Titi, is an extremely rare Florida native shrub. Originally discovered by famed botanist J. K. Small in the early 20th century, this unique shrub was native to the desert like scrub habitats of central Florida. For decades, its identity was debated and its presence in the wild uncertain until rediscovered by Kenneth Wurdack and the Woodlanders team in Highlands County, Florida. That tiny remnant may now be sole