Family: Urticaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Native Range: The West Indies, Mexico and Central America.
Map of Florida Locations
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
South Florida History and Distribution: IRC considers this an emerging invasive in South Florida. Added to 2022 Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ECCISMA) Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) list.
Comments: First collected in South Florida in 2003 (Broward County, Pierre Guertin 6993 USF). For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.
