Family: Acanthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for pinelands in the northwestern Commonwealth (Abaco and New Providence). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1358) for pinelands, open coppices and gravely flats in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10, 8-7).
Comments:
For an image of a specimen collected by Nathaniel Lord Britton and colleagues in Cuba in 1916, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Synonyms:
Gerardia droseroides.
