Family: Bromeliaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Critically Imperiled
Native Range:
The West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed by Britton & Millspaugh (1920). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 281-282) as an epiphyte on trees and large shrubs in palmetto flats in the central Commonwealth (region 7).
Comments:
For an image, visit
Plants of Saint Lucia website.
