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Stenandrium dulce (Cav.) Nees
Sweet Shaggytuft, Pinklet

Stenandrium dulce
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Family: Acanthaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States (peninsular Florida, Texas), Mexico, northern Central America (Guatemala) and South America.

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

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Other data on Stenandrium dulce available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Stenandrium dulce has been found in the following 31 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big and Little George Hammocks Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Collier-Seminole State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Florida City Pineland Assumed to be Present Native
Florida City Pineland Present Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area Present Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area Present Native
Lucille Hammock Present Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve Present Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve Present Native
Okeeheelee Park Present Native
Pal-Mar Present Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area Present Native
Picayune Strand State Forest Present Native
Porter-Russell Pineland Present Native
Prairie Pines Preserve Present Native
Railhead Scrub Preserve Present Native
Rockdale Pineland Present Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area Present Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve Present Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve Present Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve Present Native

Stenandrium dulce has been found in the following 8 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Charlotte County Native
Collier County Native
Hendry County Native
Lee County Native
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Palm Beach County Native

Stenandrium dulce has been found in the following 5 habitats :
Marl Prairie
Mesic Flatwoods
Pine Rockland
Wet Flatwoods
Wet Prairie

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Stenandrium dulce
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Stenandrium dulce
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Stenandrium dulce
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Stenandrium dulce
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
In habitat, Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve, Florida
Stenandrium dulce
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
In habitat, Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve, Florida
Stenandrium dulce
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 2000
In habitat, Hillsboro Pineland, Florida
Stenandrium dulce
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Stenandrium dulce
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.