Family: Iridaceae
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Group: Monocot
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                    Annual
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Native Range: Apparently native to the southeastern United States and the Greater Antilles (Puerto Rico, Hispaniola); the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (see link below) treats this as not native to Florida, but other authors (e.g., Flora of North America, Flora of the West Indies, USDA PLANTS) differ.  Correll & Correll (1982) considered it to be introduced to the Bahamas from South America.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
                                    
                                    IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
									
                                    Imperiled
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Presumed to be Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Not Cultivated
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.