Pithecellobium unguis-cati (Linnaeus) Bentham. Common name: Catclaw Blackbead. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Coastal strands and grasslands, shell middens, rockland hammocks. Distribution: S. peninsular FL; West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and n. South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl3, FNA11.1, K4, Mex, NS, POWO, SE3, WH3, Barneby & Grimes (1996), Isely (1973), Isely (1998); = Pithecolobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth. — S, S13; Mimosa unguis-cati Linnaeus. Basionym: Mimosa unguis-cati L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Pithecellobium unguis-cati - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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