Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Short Lived Perennial
Native Range: Perhaps Mexico, Central America and South America, but it's origins obscured through cultivation; widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Synonyms:
C. anthelminticum.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Assumed to be Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
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 hammocks, coastal sand dune and pinelands from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. Assumed to be present from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. An herbarium voucher is needed for the Monroe County Keys.
