Florida Keys Thoroughwort

Koanophyllon villosum

Native to FloridaImperiled

At a glance

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Koanophyllon
Status: Native to Florida
Conservation: Imperiled in Florida (S2)
Sightings: 150 verified in Florida
Also called: Bitter-Bush
Formerly: Eupatorium deltoideum, Koanophyllon lindenianum, Koanophyllon cubense, Koanophyllon cynanchifolium, Eupatorium villosum

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.

Koanophyllon villosum is a shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. Flower heads contain up to 15 pink or white disc flowers but no ray flowers.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Koanophyllon villosum”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it grows in Florida

PanhandleNorthCentralSouth Keys

South: Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
Keys: Monroe

3 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.

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