Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies, southern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America and western Africa.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for the margins of saltwater ponds and on maritime rocks in the northwestern to central and southwestern Commonwealth (Abaco and Grand Bahama to Watling’s Island and the Anguilla Cays). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 475-476, with illustrations) for “saline soils, wet sands, coastal dunes and maritime rock exposures nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 10-8, 6-5, 2, 11).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also, visit IRC’s
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Caraxeron vermicularis, Philoxerus vermicularis.
