Family: Asteraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America (Belize).
NatureServe Global Status:
Rare
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002), this was reranked as critically imperiled using updated NatureServe criteria in 2025.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms:
Ageratum littorale A. Gray
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected in 1834 or 1835 by Reverend Alva Bennett on the island of Key West. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks in the lower Keys. We consider this native and extant from the middle Keys to the lower Keys.
