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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Richardia grandiflora (Cham. & Schltdl.) Scult. & J.H. Schult.
Largeflower Mexican clover

Richardia grandiflora
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South America; now a widespread weed.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Reported

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Reported only for Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park (Florida Park Service, 1995).

Other data on Richardia grandiflora available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Richardia grandiflora has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized






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Richardia grandiflora
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Richardia grandiflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Richardia grandiflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Richardia grandiflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton