Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: Scattered in the southeastern United States, the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and northern South America.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
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Synonyms:
Acnida cuspidata.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for low hammocks and disturbed areas in the lower Keys and lower sandy Keys. Recently observed by Keith A. Bradley on Lower Matecumbe Key. We consider this native from the middle Keys to the lower sandy Keys, but possibly extirpated in the lower Keys and lower sandy Keys.
