Family: Primulaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for coppices in the central and southeastern Archipelago (Cat Island, Watling’s Island, Long Island, Acklin’s Island, Stubb’s Cay, Caicos Islands). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1084-1085) for coppices scattered nearly throughout the Archipelago (regions 10, 7, 5-1).
Comments:
For another image from the U.S. Virgin Islands, click on the Flora of the West Indies link below.
Synonyms:
Jacquinia berteroi var.
nana, Jacquinia berterii (orth. var.).
