Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: This native wildflower is currently known in South Florida only from pine rocklands on the Miami Rock Ridge; it is possibly extirpated in the lower Florida Keys and in Big Cypress National Preserve. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we reranked this from rare to imperiled in South Florida in 2020.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms: C. brachiata, misapplied.