Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Assumed to be Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies, southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for disturbed areas in the northwestern and southeastern Commonwealth (Eleuthera, Inagua). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 474) for disturbed areas and “in thin soil on rock flats” nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 8, 6, 3-2). Apparently spreading as a weed.
