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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Hamelia patens Jacq. var. patens
Scarlet Hamelia

Hamelia patens
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: Bermuda, the West Indies, peninsular Florida, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Hamelia erecta.

Other data on Hamelia patens var. patens available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Hamelia patens var. patens has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Hamelia patens
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Hamelia patens
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Hamelia patens
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Hamelia patens
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Hamelia patens
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Hamelia patens
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Hamelia patens
Copyright by: Shirley Denton