Family: Euphorbiaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in the Monroe County Keys.
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: Known only the Florida Keys, we ranked this species as critically imperiled using updated NatureServe criteria in 2022.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: This species was previously placed into synonymy under
E. porteriana. The species concept was revised and a new name published by Keith Bradley and Jimi Sadle in 2021 (in
Weakley et al. 2021). See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000) for a discussion of
E. porteriana in the broad sense.
Synonyms:
Chamaesyce scoparia.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
