Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2012
Family: Gentianaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Saprophyte
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies (Greater Antilles, Bahamas), Mexico and Central America.
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Imperiled
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:
Not Cultivated
Synonyms:
Leiphaimos parasitica.
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 hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. We have no records of this from the middle Keys and consider this native and extant in the upper Keys and lower Keys.
