Family: Malvaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southeastern United States (Florida, Texas), the Greater Antilles (not Puerto Rico), Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Florida Locations
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 268-267) based on one occurrence in Everglades National Park. No new occurrences are known.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 183.
