Pavonia spinifex (Linnaeus) Cavanilles. Section: Urenoideae. Common name: Gingerbush, Pavonia. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Hammocks. Distribution: E. SC; ne. FL and peninsular FL; Bermuda; Bahamas; West Indies. Reported for the vicinity of Charleston, SC on the basis of a specimen collected by Bachman (Chapman 1878). Small (1933) considered this species as likely native, at least in FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl4, FNA6, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, WH3; = n/a — RAB; Hibiscus spinifex Linnaeus. Basionym: Hibiscus spinifex L. 1759
Links to other floras: = Pavonia spinifex - FNA6
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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