Family: Euphorbiaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Known only from Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve, we ranked this species as critically imperiled using updated NatureServe criteria in 2022.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: This species was previously placed into synonymy under
E. porteriana. The species concept was revised and a new species described by Keith Bradley and Jimi Sadle in 2021 (in
Weakley et al. 2021). See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000) for a discussion of
E. porteriana in the broad sense.
