Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer, 2020. A weed growing in an abandoned road bed at Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA.
Family: Asteraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southern United States, the West Indies (Greater Antilles), Mexico; perhaps speading as a weed elsewhere.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Assumed to be Native
South Florida History and Distribution: A weed similar to
S. bahamense. Very likely more common than records indicate. Reported by J.K. Small (1913) for Key West.
Synonyms:
Aster inconspicuus.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
R
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for sandy places on Key West, where collected as a weed by David W. Hall (
286 USF) in 1971. Also collected as a weed in 1981 on Big Pine Key by William C. Brumbach (
9729 USF),and photographed on North Key Largo by Roger Hammer in 2020. Almost certainly more common and overlooked.
