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I didn't realize the scientific name was so important. It's added now! Thanks.

Thank you for your help!

Thanks for the info. You're right, it is hard to narrow it down!

My grandmother, a FL native, called this "devil's guts"

Gorgeous photo!

Moss rose or portulaca?

Relative of hibiscus called Turk's Caps

Looks like a gumbo limbo, or a relative known as the GI Joe tree because the bark looks like camo. Any pix of the leaves?

Looks like flat leaf parsley that hasn't gotten bushy yet. Did it develop any flowers?

Those are seed pods on a mahogany tree. When they fall they crack open and the dark brown seeds are scattered by wind. The seeds spin like little helicopters.