Family: Asteraceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Dicot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Shrub
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies.
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
NatureServe Global Status:
					
                                    Apparently Secure
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
State of Florida Status:
					
                                    Endangered
					
                                    
                                    
				
          
            Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
          
					
                                    Imperiled
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
					
                                    Imperiled
					
              
                
                
				
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
South Florida History and Distribution: This is very rare in South Florida and known only from the Miami Rock Ridge, where it is fairly frequent. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in July, 2018.
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Cultivated
					
                                    
                                    
	            
                                    
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            FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
          
				  
						Recorded as Present in Error
			      
				  
				  
		      
                                      
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
                                    
				
          Florida Keys History and Distribution: A false record.  Reported only from Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park (Florida Park Service, 1999).