Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Critically Imperiled
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola), Unites States (Texas) and Mexico.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for salinas in the southeastern Archipelago (Grand Turk, Ambergris Cay). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 461-462, with illustrations) for coastal salt flats and salinas in the southeastern Archipelago (region 1).
Comments:
For a specimen image from Grank Turk, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Synonyms:
Dondia insularis.
