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Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC.
Red moneywort

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Short Lived Perennial

Native Range: Africa.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For an image of an herbarium specimen collected in Miami-Dade County by Keith A. Bradley in 1997, visit the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

Other data on Alysicarpus rugosus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Alysicarpus rugosus has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Not Native, Naturalized

Alysicarpus rugosus has been found in the following habitat :
Disturbed Upland