Family: Malvaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Most common in Martin and northern Palm Beach counties. Very rare in Broward County, and perhaps extirpated at Secret Woods Nature Center where collected once (
Burgess s.n. FTG). Previosly assessed as imperiled in South Florida, the status was revised to rare in February, 2019 using updated NatureServe ranking criteria.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See a 2016 post on the
Treasure Coast Natives blog on lindenleaf rosemallow, as well as a 2019 post on the
Treasure Coast Natives blog on its invertebrate associates.
