Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southeastern United States.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: This was reported as possibly extirpated in South Florida in
Gann et al. (2002; pp 115-116), based on herbarium specimens collected from 1919 to 1922 in Lee and Collier counties, mostly near the coast, and a 1994 Florida Park Service report from Koreshan State Historic Site near Estero. A new collection in South Florida was made in 2010 by Alan Franck in Charlotte County at the Prairie Creek Preserve (
2882 USF), and Jay Horn reported an
iNaturalist record in 2020 at Koreshan State Park, where it had previously been reported.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.
