Family: Asteraceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Rare
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles), southern United States (Texas) and Mexico.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1484) for open gravelly or sandy soils, open pinelands, coastal coppices, crevices or walls and on coppice-covered hills in the northern Commonwealth (regions 8-10).
Comments:
A shrub to 3 m, or becoming vinelike. For more images, visit the
wildflowers.org website.
Synonyms:
Eupatorium havanense.