Family: Phytolaccaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Widespread in North America, including Mexico; widely naturalized elsewhere.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Secure
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms:
P. decandra, P. rigida.
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 1884 by J. Cosmo Melvill as introduced on the island of Key West. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks in the upper Keys. We consider this native and extant in the upper Keys, but reported only from the lower Keys.
