Family: Styracaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Shrub
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Eastern and central United States.
Map of Florida Locations
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Recorded as Presumed Extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002, p 104), based on the last known collection from Charlotte County in 1965. Rediscovered in 2012 by Alan Franck at the Prairie Creek Preserve in Charlotte County (
Frank 3032 USF).
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the
Exploring Florida website.
