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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Erithalis fruticosa L.
Black torch, Parrot apple, Pigeon berry

Erithalis fruticosa
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2013
in habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida

Family: Rubiaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, South Florida, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Erithalis fruticosa available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Erithalis fruticosa has been reported for the following 3 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Open Coastal Uplands
Pineland

All Images:

Erithalis fruticosa
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2013
in habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida
Erithalis fruticosa
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park,
Monroe County, Florida
Erithalis fruticosa
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2013
in habitat, Everglades National Park, Key Largo, Florida
Erithalis fruticosa
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Erithalis fruticosa
Copyright by: Shirley Denton