Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida and the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispaniola).
Map of Florida Locations
NatureServe Global Status:
Vulnerable
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 222-224) based on one occurrence in the National Key Deer Refuge and surrounding private properties on Big Pine Key. Also recorded in 2007 in a Monroe County conservation area on Cudjoe Key (
Woodmansee 1982 USF).
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
