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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Nama jamaicensis L.
Jamaicanweed

Nama jamaicensis
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2019
Miami-Dade County, Florida
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Family: Boraginaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

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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: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks and disturbed sites in the lower Keys. Although weedy, we consider this native throughout the Florida Keys.

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Nama jamaicensis has been reported from the following 5 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Dry Tortugas National Park Present Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Present Native




Nama jamaicensis has been reported for the following 2 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland
Rockland Hammock


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Nama jamaicensis
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2019
Miami-Dade County, Florida
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Nama jamaicensis
Copyright by: James J. Lange, 2014
Miami-Dade County, Florida

Nama jamaicensis
Copyright by: James J. Lange, 2014
Miami-Dade County, Florida