Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America; also in the eastern continental United States, where perhaps introduced.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for sandy disturbed areas in the northwestern and southeastern Archipelago (Grand Bahama, New Providence, Grand Turk, Inagua). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 467-468, with illustrations) for wet and dry disturbed areas and beaches nearly throughout the Archipelago (regions 10, 8-5, 2-1).
Synonyms:
Achyranthes polygonoides.
