Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispaniola).
NatureServe Global Status:
Rare
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically 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 critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 222-224) based on one occurrence in the National Key Deer Refuge and surrounding private properties on Big Pine Key. Also recorded in 2007 in a Monroe County conservation area on Cudjoe Key (
Woodmansee 1982 USF).
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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: Reported in 1884 by J. Cosmo Melvill for the island of Key West. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands in the lower Keys. Reported for the lower sandy Keys by Davis (1942), presumably in error. We consider this native and extant in the lower Keys. For more information, see IRC's
species account.
