Family: Asteraceae
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Group: Dicot
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Shrub
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Native Range: South Florida and Cuba.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                     
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
                                    
                                    
                                    Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
					SNR
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
									
                                    Imperiled
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002), this species is still considered imperiled in 2024 using updated NatureServe criteria as it can be easily overlooked and is likely more common than reported.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Not Cultivated
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
Comments: For an image of an herbarium specimen collected in Key West by by W.G. Farlow in 1891, visit the 
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
This is a natural hybrid between B. arborescens and B. frutescens.