Help us maintain this website and keep it free and open for our community of scientists, students, and conservation managers, who depend on it to obtain the most up to date information. Help us save species and restore native ecosystems!

Close

Please scroll to the bottom for more images.
Sachsia polycephala Griseb.
Bahama sachsia

Sachsia polycephala
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (not Lesser Antilles).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Imperiled

State of Florida Status: Threatened

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: This is very rare in South Florida, known only from the Miami Rock Ridge and the Florida Keys. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in July, 2018.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images.

Synonyms: S. bahamensis.

Other data on Sachsia polycephala available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Sachsia polycephala has been found in the following 25 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition Present Native
Coral Reef Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Eachus Pineland Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Florida City Pineland Present Native
George N. Avery Pineland Present Native
Goulds Pineland Present Native
Ingram Pineland Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39 Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve Present Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve Present Native
Palm Drive Pineland Present Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary Present Native
Quail Roost Pineland Present Native
Rock Pit 39 Present Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike) Native
Seminole Wayside Park Present Native
Silver Palm Groves Present Native
Sunny Palms Pineland Present Native
West Biscayne Pineland Present Native

Sachsia polycephala has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native

Sachsia polycephala has been found in the following habitat :
Pine Rockland

All Images:

Sachsia polycephala
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Sachsia polycephala
Copyright by: Michelle M. Smith, 2018
In habitat, Florida City Pineland, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sachsia polycephala
Copyright by: Michelle M. Smith, 2018
In habitat, Florida City Pineland, Miami-Dade County, FL
Sachsia polycephala
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Sachsia polycephala
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer