Family: Asteraceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Dicot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Shrub
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: Bermuda, southeastern United States and the West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas).
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
					
                                    Secure
					
              
                
                
				
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Cultivated
					
                                    
                                    
	            
                                    
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            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: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913.  First observed in 1999 by George Gann and Janice Duquesnel on North Key Largo.  Vouchered in 2003 
(1172, FTG) in a disturbed site at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.