Family: Sapindaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Scattered in peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Old World. In peninsular Florida, north on the east coast from Martin County to St. Johns County, in the interior from Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland north to Highlands County, and along the west coast to at least Sarasota County. This is the most abundant
Dodonaea in Florida.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Rare
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 place this into synonymy under
D. viscosa, and this appears under that name on many plant lists and in the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. 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 of
Dodonaea 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. A
Dodonaea in Hernando County, with long, narrow, pointed leaves (
Lakela 24509 USF) has been referred to as
D. viscosa f. schiedeana
Synonyms: Dodonaea angustifolia, Dodonaea jamaicensis.
