Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer, 2020. In habitat at Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA.
Family: Asteraceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: 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:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below.
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. Reported for North Key Largo by Karen Achor in 1977 (in Weiner 1980), bot not verified for the Florida Keys until photographed by Roger Hammer on North Key Largo in 2020. An herbarium voucher for the Florida Keys in needed.
