Family: Euphorbiaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.
NatureServe Global Status:
Imperiled
United States Federal Status:
Threatened
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: This is very rare in South Florida, known only from the Miami Rock Ridge and the Florida Keys. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this to Imperiled in South Florida in July, 2018.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For a current review of
A. blodgettii throughout its range, see the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Species Profile. See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 162, Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000) and our
Natives For Your Neighborhood website.
Synonyms:
Aphora blodgettii, Ditaxis blodgettii.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on the island of Key West. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands and hammocks fom the upper Keys to the lower Keys. We consider this native and extant from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.
