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Bontia daphnoides L.
White alling

Bontia daphnoides
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Cultivated plant at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 2009
Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: The West Indies, Central America (Bay Islands of Honduras) and northern South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Bontia daphnoides available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Bontia daphnoides has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
Greynolds Park Present Not Native, Naturalized

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

Bontia daphnoides has been found in the following habitat :
Disturbed Upland

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Bontia daphnoides
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Cultivated plant at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 2009
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Bontia daphnoides
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Cultivated plant at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Bontia daphnoides
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr