Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Imperiled
Native Range:
The West Indies, southeastern United States (Florida, Texas), Mexico and Central America (Guatemala in the Peten).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for thickets in the southeastern and southwestern Archipelago (Acklin’s Island, Anguilla Cays). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 477-478, with illustrations) for open coppices in the southeastern and southwestern Archipelago (regions 3-2, 11).
