Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to peninsular Florida.
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Apparently Secure
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 widespread but rare in South Florida, where it is scattered in pine flatwoods, pine rocklands and scrub, all of which have been subjected to continuous habitat loss and fragmentation. 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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Synonyms:
Dolicholus cinereus.
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 pinelands in the lower Keys. We consider this native and extant only on Big Pine Key in the lower Keys.
