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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Lythrum lineare L.
Wand loosestrife

Lythrum lineare
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Lythraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and southeastern United States and Cuba.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Possibly Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Possibly Extirpated

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Possibly Extirpated

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for coastal sand dunes and open hammocks in the upper Keys.  Also reported for Big Pine Key (Dickson, 1953; Franklin, 1968) and the National Key Deer Refuge (Austin et al., 1980).  We have no recent records.  An herbarium voucher is needed for the Monroe County Keys.

Other data on Lythrum lineare available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Lythrum lineare has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated






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Lythrum lineare
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer