ABSTRACT
Once you learn some plant names in Florida you cannot help noticing how our wild areas have been affected by saints. Flatwoods has St. John’s wort; scrub has other species. Different kinds of St. Andrew’s cross are found in flatwoods and hammocks. Wetlands have St. Peter’s wort. How saints’ names became attached to Florida plants is a story reaching back to seasonal astronomical events and pre-Christian eras. My introduction to the saga began in the Amazon basin.
