Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Short Lived Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Native Range:
Perhaps Mexico, Central America and South America, but it's origins obscured through cultivation; widely naturalized in the West Indies and elsewhere.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for disturbed areas near the larger towns in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 456-458, with illustrations) for disturbed areas especially in inhabited areas in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 8-7, 5-4).
