General Landscape Uses:
An aggressive native weed. Not recommended for general landscape use.
Range:
Southern United States west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of Postal Code Areas of IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Wildlife and Ecology: Larval host plant for gray hairstreak (
Strymon melinus) and tropical checkered skipper (
Pyrgus oileus) butterflies. Nectar plant for barred yellow (
Eurema daira), gulf fritillary (
Agraulis vanillae), Palatka skipper (
Euphyes pilatka), tropical checkered skipper and other butterflies.
Comments: Treated as
Sida ulmifolia by other authors.
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