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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Spigelia anthelmia L.
West Indian pinkroot

Spigelia anthelmia
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area, Broward County, Florida

Family: Loganiaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small only for the island of Elliott Key.  Although weedy, we consider this native and extant from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.

Other data on Spigelia anthelmia available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Spigelia anthelmia has been reported from the following 6 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park Present Native




Spigelia anthelmia has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Spigelia anthelmia
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area, Broward County, Florida
Spigelia anthelmia
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area, Broward County, Florida
Spigelia anthelmia
Copyright by: Sarah Martin, 2018
In habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Spigelia anthelmia
Copyright by: Beryn Harty, 2015
In habitat, Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden, Florida
Spigelia anthelmia
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 1998
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Spigelia anthelmia
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Spigelia anthelmia
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Spigelia anthelmia
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.