Family: Convolvulaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the Greater Antilles.
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
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 Rare in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann, Bradley & Woodmansee 2002), this was re-ranked using updated NatureServe criteria to Imperiled in 2018 and Critically Imperiled in 2020.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For an image, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Doubtfully Native
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for open, sandy hammocks in the upper Keys, but his definition of upper Keys extended south and west to West Summerland Key in the lower Keys. As far as we can determine, Small made one collection in 1909 on Crawl Key in the middle Keys. This is doubtfully native to the Florida Keys - it is associated with pine rocklands on the mainland.
