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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Sida elliottii Torr. & Gray
Elliott’s fanpetals

Sida elliottii
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Malvaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and central United States.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Apparently 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: Possibly Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Possibly Extirpated

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Possibly Extirpated

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for open sandy areas and edges of hammocks on the island of Key West.  We consider this native and possibly extirpated in the lower Keys.  Last reported for the National Key Deer Refuge by Austin et al. (1980).

Other data on Sida elliottii available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Sida elliottii has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated




Sida elliottii has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Pine Rockland


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Sida elliottii
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Sida elliottii
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Sida elliottii
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley