Family: Lamiaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
SNR
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: This is very rare in South Florida and known only from a few widely scattered populations. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we verified the rank of this as Imperiled in South Florida in June, 2018.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms:
O. micranthum.
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: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks and low pinelands from the upper Keys to the lower Keys, however we only have records from Key West and Big Pine Key and one report from Sugarloaf Key in the lower Keys. We consider this native and extant only in the lower Keys.
