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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. ex Britton & Wilson
Bushy matgrass

Lippia alba
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011

Family: Verbenaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States (Texas), the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Possibly Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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. Collected in 1964 on the island of Key West by George N. Avery (s.n., FTG). Sparingly naturalized and perhpaps not well established. A specimen at USF needs to be examined.

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Lippia alba has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Lippia alba
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, Dominican Republic, 2011