Durban Crowfoot
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
IntroducedInvasive · FISC Category II
Invasive — FISC Category II. The Florida Invasive Species Council lists this plant as increasing in abundance or frequency, though not yet altering Florida plant communities to the extent of Category I species. Please don't plant it; if it's on your land, consider removing it. About the FISC list
Where it grows in Florida
- Panhandle
- Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Leon, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton
- North
- Alachua, Clay, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Levy, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee
- Central
- Brevard, Citrus, DeSoto, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Manatee, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, St. Lucie, Sarasota, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia
- South
- Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
- Keys
- Monroe
50 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.