Family: Bromeliaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia), Mexico, Central America and northern South America (Venezuela).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 284) as an epiphyte and lithophyte on trees, shrubs, rock flats and boulders in coppices and scrublands, throughout the Commonwealth (regions 10-1).
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
