Family: Sapindaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida (Florida Keys) and the West Indies.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann, Bradley and Woodmansee, 2002), this was reranked as critically imperiled using updated NatureServe criteria in 2014.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: Populations in the Florida Keys are D. elaeagnoides, those along the east coast are mostly D. viscosa var. viscosa, while the most widespread taxon is D. viscosa var. angustifolia, which is found near the coast in Martin County, in the interior, and along the southwestern coast.
For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below. Also visit our
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map of D. viscosa sensu lato, visit the
Exploring Florida website. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Synonyms: Dodonaea ehrenbergii, Dodonaea microcarya, Dodonaea viscosa subsp.
elaeagnoides; Dodonaea jamaicensis, misapplied.
