Family: Sapindaceae
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. In peninsular Florida, rare along the east coast to Brevard County, and then apparently disjunct from Sarasota to Hillsborough on the west coast. Plants from Pinellas and Hernando County are also likely this taxon, although plants in Hernando County represent a distinct form with long, narrow leaves (= f.
schiedeana).
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Apparently Secure
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: Visit our
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. Many authors also place
D. viscosa var.
angustifolia into synonymy under
D. viscosa. Both taxa are present in South Florida. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map of
D. viscosa sensu lato, visit the
Exploring Florida website. Native populations in the Florida Keys are
D. elaeagnoides except on Sands Key in Biscayne National Park; on the east coast plants of
D. viscosa var.
viscosa are found scattered from Sands Key in Miami-Dade County north to Brevard County, while
D. viscosa var.
angustifolia, the most widespread taxon, is found near or along the coast from Martin County to Anastasia Island in St. Johns County, in the interior, and along the southwestern coast north to at least Sarasota County.
