Family: Apocynaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola) and South Florida.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for shrublands, coppices and pinelands nearly throughout the Archipelago (Grand Bahama, Abaco and Andros south to Mayaguana and North Caicos). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1128-1129, with illustrations) shrublands, coppices and pinelands nearly throughout the Archipelago (regions 10-6, 4-3, 1).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Angadenia sagraei, Rhabdadenia sagraei.
