Family: Asteraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies.
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Imperiled
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 very rare in South Florida and known only from the Miami Rock Ridge, where it is fairly frequent. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in July, 2018.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Recorded as Present in Error
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: A false record. Reported only from Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park (Florida Park Service, 1999).
