Family: Fabaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Tree
Perennation:
Perennial
Map of South Florida Locations
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: For an image, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Possibly Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Map of Florida Keys Locations
Florida Keys History and Distribution: ot reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Vouchered in 1967 on Sugarloaf Key by George N. Avery (
314, FTG;
s.n., USF). Also reported in 1971 by Robert W. Long and Olga Lakela as naturalized in the Florida Keys (as L. violaceus, misapplied). No recent records are know, but it is possibly in cultivation.
