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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
Falsefennel

Eupatorium leptophyllum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer, 2020. In habitat at Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA.

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States and the West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas).

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of South Florida Locations

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Critically Imperiled

Map of Florida Keys Locations

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Reported for North Key Largo by Karen Achor in 1977 (in Weiner 1980), bot not verified for the Florida Keys until photographed by Roger Hammer on North Key Largo in 2020. An herbarium voucher for the Florida Keys in needed.

Other data on Eupatorium leptophyllum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Eupatorium leptophyllum has been reported from the following 2 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section A Doubtfull Record
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native






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Eupatorium leptophyllum
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer, 2020. In habitat at Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA.
Eupatorium leptophyllum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Eupatorium leptophyllum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton