Family: Onagraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: Eastern and central United States, the West Indies (Cuba, St. Vincent), Mexico, Central America and South America.
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: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al., 2002; pp 157-158) based on several collections and unverified observations across Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties from 1916 to 1964. In 2014 this species was collected in Dorothy and Herman Shooster Preserve in Broward County (
PL Howell 1285 USF). This is a temperate species at the southern end of its range, and it may have been always rare in South Florida. We also expect that it is present in other protected areas.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.
