Family: Goodeniaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World tropics.
State of Florida Status:
Threatened
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on the island of Key West. Reported in 1907 by C.F. Millspaugh for the lower sandy Keys. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for coastal sand dunes and hammocks throughout the Florida Keys. We consider this native and extant throughout the Florida Keys.
