Native plant · RUBIACEAE
Guettarda elliptica
HAMMOCK VELVETSEED; Everglades Velvetseed
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Guettarda elliptica. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Guettarda elliptica
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Genus
- Guettarda
- Order
- GENTIANALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; FACU (NWPL)
- Florida range
- Florida Keys · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Monroe; Martin; Miami-Dade; St. Lucie; Broward
Where documented in Florida
Monroe; Martin; Miami-Dade; St. Lucie; Broward
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Guettarda
- Guettarda scabra — ROUGH VELVETSEED
Data provenance
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