The wildflowers that so many mislabel as weeds and work to eliminate are an overlooked and misunderstood part of the fabric of Florida’s wildlife habitats … ecosystems. Granted, some wildflowers can be rather homely, but all of our wildflowers evolved to provide for our native wildlife, which for its part consumes all the parts of the wildflower in one way or another. The living, blooming, seeding, wildflowers, provides nectar, pollen, and forage, for one or more of Florida’s animals, and even when the plant dies, the soil organisms use it for food.