Family: Euphorbiaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Critically Imperiled
Native Range:
Endemic to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, where limited to Long Island (accepted as endemic by Freid et al. 2014).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
In rock crevices among wind-stunted shrubs along the exposed coastline; central archipelago in the region of Long Island (Correll & Correll, 1982). This is a hybrid between C. mesembrianthemifolia and C. vaginulata.
For an image of a type specimen, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Synonyms:
Chamaesyce x longinsulicola.
