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Florida Keys thoroughwort

Koanophyllon villosum

Also called Bitter Bush, Bitter Sage, Florida Keys Umbrella Thoroughwort, Jackmada

Florida Keys thoroughwort
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Florida to Caribbean
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Koanophyllon villosum, the Florida Keys thoroughwort, or abre camino, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in southern Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the Islas de la Bahía (part of Honduras).

In Florida, it grows in what remains of the state's pine rockland habitat where it is regarded as endangered.

Other Koanophyllon plants

Oreganillo · Monte Torrecilla thoroughwort · Palmer's Umbrella Thoroughwort · Koanophyllon panamense · Koanophyllon sinaloense · Shrubby thoroughwort · Thoroughwort · Neohintonia monantha

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Koanophyllon villosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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