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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Fatoua villosa (Thunb.) Nakai
Hairy crabweed

Fatoua villosa

Family: Moraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not 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. First collected in 1981 by John Popenoe as a weed on Sugarloaf Key (1979 USF).

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Fatoua villosa has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized




Fatoua villosa has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Fatoua villosa