Tillandsia setacea Swartz. Wild-pine, Pine-needle Airplant. Hab: On tree branches, especially on hardwoods, in mesic bluff forests, hammocks, swamps, mangroves. Dist: Se. GA south to s. FL; West Indies; Mexico, and Central America (Guatemala), and South America (Brazil).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy: = FNA22, K3, K4, Meso6, WH3; = Tillandsia tenuifolia L. – S, S13, misapplied
Heliophily ?: 4
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