Stillingia sylvatica, Queen's Delight

Stillingia sylvatica Queen's Delight (Stillingia sylvatica) is a common member of the euphorbia family, found statewide in Florida in upland sites such as sandhills, old fields and open woodlands.  It is found throughout the Southeastern Coastal Plain as well - from Texas north to Colorado and east to Virginia. Throughout this range, it is often a common understory wildflower.Queen's Delight is a perennial, but generally loses its basal leaves in winter. It re-emerges each spring and forms a rosette of leaves that can reach 12-18 inches across, though younger plants are not nearly as broad. The leaves are elliptical, shiny, and a rich green in color. Older plants can produce multiple stems, but younger ones have a single stem.Flowering occurs in late spring and early summer. As this is a euphorbia, the male and female flowers are produced on different parts of the stem. The open male flowers lack petals and are formed on the top. The pollinated female flowers that are now ripening seed