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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter  subsp. caroliniensis
Carolina Leafflower

Family: Phyllanthaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Central and eastern North America, south to Mexico, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Central America, South America, and Old World Tropics.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Presumed Extirpated

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Presumed Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Possibly Extirpated

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution:

Other data on Phyllanthus caroliniensis subsp. caroliniensis available from :