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Tetrazygia bicolor (Mill.) Cogn.
West Indian-lilac, Florida clover ash

Tetrazygia bicolor
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Melastomataceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas, Hispaniola).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

State of Florida Status: Threatened

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Apparently Secure

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 abundant in certain areas. Using updated NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in 2018.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Other data on Tetrazygia bicolor available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Tetrazygia bicolor has been found in the following 57 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Andrew Dodge Memorial Pineland Present Native
Big and Little George Hammocks Present Native
Bill Sadowski Park Present Native
Black Creek Forest Present Native
Boystown Pineland Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28 Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31 Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33 Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Present Native
Chernoff Hammock Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Eachus Pineland Present Native
Enchanted Forest Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Everglades National Park Present Native
Florida City Pineland Present Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Present Native
George N. Avery Pineland Present Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum Present Native
Goulds Pineland Present Native
Harden Hammock Present Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock Present Native
Holiday Hammock Present Native
Ingram Pineland Present Native
John Kunkel Small Pineland Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Loveland Hammock Present Native
Lucille Hammock Present Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands Present Native
Matheson Hammock Park Present Native
Medlock Pineland Present Native
Meissner Hammock Present Native
Moreno Pine Rockland Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23 Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39 Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve Present Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve Present Native
Northrop Pineland Present Native
Palm Drive Pineland Present Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary Present Native
Porter-Russell Pineland Present Native
Quail Roost Pineland Present Native
Rock Pit 34 Present Native
Rock Pit 39 Present Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike) Native
Seminole Wayside Park Present Native
Silver Palm Groves Present Native
Silver Palm Hammock Present Native
SOCSOUTH Present Native
Southern Glades Present Native
Sunny Palms Pineland Present Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition Present Native
West Biscayne Pineland Present Native
Whispering Pines Hammock Preserve Present Native
Zoo Miami Present Native

Tetrazygia bicolor has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Recorded as Present in Error

Tetrazygia bicolor has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Marl Prairie
Pine Rockland

All Images:

Tetrazygia bicolor
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Tetrazygia bicolor
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Tetrazygia bicolor
Copyright by: Shirley Denton