Family: Brassicaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: Endemic to peninsular Florida.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Vulnerable
United States Federal Status:
Endangered
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
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 182-183), based on numerous collections between 1878 and 1942 in the pine rocklands of Miami-Dade County, and a single collection (two sheets) in Palmdale, Glades County in 1935 (Hume s.n. FLAS;
specimen 1,
specimen 2). No additional specimens are known and this was re-ranked as presumed extirpated in 2023.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For a current review of
Warea carteri throughout its range, see the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Species Profile. For an image, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
