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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Urena lobata L.
Caesarweed

Urena lobata
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2016
A naturalized weed in Delray Beach, Florida, USA, Enlarge

Family: Malvaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Old World; now a widespread weed.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Presumed Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Possibly Extirpated

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution:

Other data on Urena lobata available from :


Urena lobata has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized




Urena lobata has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Pine Rockland


All Images:

Urena lobata
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2016
A naturalized weed in Delray Beach, Florida, USA, Enlarge

Urena lobata
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2018
Naturalized at National Key Deer Refuge in Monroe County, Florida

Urena lobata
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2016
A naturalized weed in Delray Beach, Florida, USA, Enlarge

Urena lobata
Copyright by: Beryn Harty
One plant found at the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden, Florida, USA, Enlarge

Urena lobata
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Urena lobata
Copyright by: Beryn Harty
One plant found at the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden, Florida, USA, Enlarge

Urena lobata
Copyright by: Beryn Harty
One plant found at the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden, Florida, USA, Enlarge

Urena lobata
Copyright by: Beryn Harty