Family: Euphorbiaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
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 is rare in South Florida and known only from the Miami Rock Ridge, the Florida Keys and the Big Cypress and Picayune Strand State Forest areas. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in July, 2018.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Synonyms:
Chamaesyce conferta.
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. Reported in 1953 for Big Pine Key in the lower Keys (Dickson, 1953). Also observed on North Key Largo, where perhaps relict from the historical pineland there; vouchered there in 2003 (Gann & J.A. Duquesnel 1142, FTG). We consider this native and extant in the upper Keys (Key Largo) and the lower Keys.
