Family: Asteraceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
Endemic to the Bahama Archipelago (accepted as endemic by Freid et al. 2014).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
In thickets and coastal coppices and along the edges of marshes; nearly throughout the archipelago (Correll & Correll, 1982). For an image of a type specimen collected on Mayaguana Island by Percy Wilson in 1907, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.
Synonyms:
Eupatorium lucayanum.
