Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas) and southern Mexico.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Vulnerable
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 508-510) based on three occurrences in six protected areas (Biscayne National Park; Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park, and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park; Key Largo Ansama Parcel, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area and Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area). Since 2002 this species has been discovered in several other protected areas, including in Big Cypress National Preserve. It was reranked as imperiled in 2024.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: An observation in Big Cypress National Park, Collier County, needs to be vouchered.
Synonyms: Dolicholus swartzii.
