Family: Araceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Freshwater Aquatic
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: The United States and the Bahamas.
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
Comments: For an image, click on the USDA 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. First observed in the Florida Keys by Steven W. Woodmansee in 2005 at the Key West Botanical Garden on Stock Island (Woodmansee, 2006). A voucher specimen is needed for the Monroe County Keys.
