Family: Apiaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies, southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for moist areas nearly throughout the Archipelago (Grand Bahama, Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Great Exuma, Fortune Island and North Caicos). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1070-1072, with illustrations) for wet or moist soils in marshes, swamps and palmetto flats, often forming meadows, nearly throughout the Archipelago (regions 10-3, 1).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.
