''Buchnera floridana'', the Florida bluehearts, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Orobanchaceae Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ''Striga'') were formerly included in the ...

. It is native to the southeastern USA, Texas, eastern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama, and most of the Caribbean islands. A

hemiparasitic A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every biome. All parasitic plants develop a specialized organ called the ...

biennial, it is found mostly in wet areas such as open pinelands,

flatwood Flatwood is a soil series with impaired drainage that occurs in the southeastern United States. Flatwood soils are upland soils formed from marine sediments. A shallow water table plays a role in soil formation; typically the water table is only a ...

s, and pitcher-plant bogs of the Gulf Coastal Plain.

References

Orobanchaceae Parasitic plants Flora of the Southeastern United States Flora of Texas Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of Southeastern Mexico Flora of Veracruz Flora of Belize Flora of Guatemala Flora of Panama Flora of the Caribbean Plants described in 1919 {{Orobanchaceae-stub