Family: Asteraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and Cuba.
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: Ranked as imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002), this species is still considered imperiled in 2024 using updated NatureServe criteria as it can be easily overlooked and is likely more common than reported.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For an image of an herbarium specimen collected in Key West by by W.G. Farlow in 1891, visit the
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
This is a natural hybrid between B. arborescens and B. frutescens.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913.
