Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to South Florida in the Monroe County Keys.
NatureServe Global Status:
Imperiled
United States Federal Status:
Endangered
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
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) based on population estimates within the National Key Deer Refuge. It is still present there, but was up-ranked to critically imperiled in 2021 based on the small total extent of occurrence and numerous threats, including sea level rise.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For a current review of
Chamaecrista lineata var.
keyensis throughout its range, see the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Species Profile. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's
Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).
Synonyms:
C. grammica, misapplied.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on Big Pine Key. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for pinelands in the lower Keys. We consider this native and extant in the lower Florida Keys on and around Big Pine Key.
