Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida.
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 native wildflower is currently known in South Florida only from pine rocklands on the Miami Rock Ridge; it is possibly extirpated in the lower Florida Keys and in Big Cypress National Preserve. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we reranked this from rare to imperiled in South Florida in 2020.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms:
C. brachiata, misapplied.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Presumed Extirpated
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Presumed Extirpated
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Collected once by John Kunkel Small in 1912 (
3781 NY) on Big Pine Key. Also reported by Small in
1913 for pinelands in the lower Keys. No recent records are known.
