Family: Haloraginaceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Dicot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Herb
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: Eastern North America, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
					
						Apparently Secure
					
              
                
                
				
                                     
Map of South Florida Locations
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Native
                                    
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Not Cultivated
					
                                    
                                    
	            
          
            FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
          
				  
					Possibly Extirpated
			      
				  
				  
		      
            
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
					
            			Possibly Extirpated
	            	
					
					
				
              
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
					
						Possibly Extirpated
					
					
					
                                   
				
                                      
Map of Florida Keys Locations
                                    
				
          Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913.  We consider this native and possibly extirpated in the lower Keys.  Last reported for the National Key Deer Refuge by Austin et al. (1980).  A specimen at FLAS needs to be checked.