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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson
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Callisia fragrans
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In cultivation, Florida

Family: Commelinaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Mexico; cultivated and sometimes naturalized elsewhere.

Map of South Florida Locations

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

Map of Florida Keys Locations

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. First collected in 1999 at Dagny John Key Largo Botanical State Park by George D. Gann (234, FTG) with Janice A. Duquesnel and Jim G. Duquesnel. Sparingly naturalized in the Florida Keys.

Other data on Callisia fragrans available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Callisia fragrans has been reported from the following 5 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized




Callisia fragrans has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Callisia fragrans
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In cultivation, Florida
Callisia fragrans
Copyright by: Shirley Denton