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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Ardisia elliptica Thunb.
Shoe-button ardisia

Ardisia elliptica
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Primulaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Asia.

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized in the Florida Keys. An herbarium specimen is needed for the Monroe County Keys.

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Ardisia elliptica has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Ardisia elliptica
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Ardisia elliptica
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer