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Koanophyllon villosum (Sw.) R.M. King & H. Rob.
Florida shrub thoroughwort, Shrub eupatorium

Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Larry and Penny Thompson Park,
Miami-Dade County, Florida
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Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida 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: Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: This is very rare in South Florida and known only from the Miami Rock Ridge, where it is fairly frequent. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in July, 2018.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Other data on Koanophyllon villosum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Koanophyllon villosum has been found in the following 31 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Recorded as Present in Error
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28 Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Castellow Hammock parcel 33 Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Florida City Pineland Present Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Present Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock Present Native
Ingram Pineland Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands Present Native
Meissner Hammock Present Native
Moreno Pine Rockland Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39 Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve Present Native
Northrop Pineland Present Native
Palm Drive Pineland Present Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary Present Native
Quail Roost Pineland Present Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Rock Pit 34 Present Native
Silver Palm Groves Present Native
Silver Palm Hammock Present Native
SOCSOUTH Present Native, Cultivated Only
Sunny Palms Pineland Present Native
West Biscayne Pineland Present Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park Recorded as Present in Error

Koanophyllon villosum has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native

Koanophyllon villosum has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock

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Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Larry and Penny Thompson Park,
Miami-Dade County, Florida
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Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Larry and Penny Thompson Park,
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: Karolina Weclawska, 2012
Cultivated plant in South Florida
Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: Karolina Weclawska, 2012
Cultivated plant in South Florida
Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2012
In habitat, New Providence, Bahamas
Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Larry and Penny Thompson Park,
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Larry and Penny Thompson Park,
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Koanophyllon villosum
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley