Family: Fabaceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Dicot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                    Annual
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: North America, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
					
						Apparently Secure
					
              
                
                
				
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below. 
                                    
                                    
				
          
            Synonyms:
           S. emerus.
          
					
				
          
            FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
          
				  
						Present
			      
				  
				  
		      
            
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
					
            			Doubtfully Native
	            	
					
					
				
                                      
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.  First reported in 1968 for Big Pine Key (Franklin, 1968).  Apparently established and spreading as a weed in the middle and lower Keys.