Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Not listed
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 critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 270-272) based on two occurrences from one conservation area (Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park) and one non-conservation area (Pelican Marsh) in Collier County. It has also been historically collected in Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County Keys. The Pelican Marsh site has been developed but it is possible some plants remain. There are also no recent records from the Fakahatchee (M. Owen, email comm. 2022), but this was collected by George Wilder on the Florida Gulf Coast University campus in 2006 (26153 SWF), and there is a recent report from Miami-Dade County on
iNaturalist.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For images, visit the
Plants of Saint Lucia.
Synonyms:
L. domingensis.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Presumed Extirpated
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Presumed Extirpated
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks and disturbed areas from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. We consider this native and presumed extirpated only on Key Largo in the upper Keys. Last collected in 1928 by Paul Weatherwax (1164, US). For more information, see IRC's
species account.
