FNPS Plant Database
Picramnia pentandra
Nomenclature
Common Name:
Synonym(s):
Genus species:
Family:
Picramniaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Considerations:
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Usually moist, occasional inundation -to- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
10A,10B,11
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Vouchered In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Larval host for the bush sulphur butterfly, Urema dina helios
Attracts generalist pollinators.
Birds eat the seed.
Dispersal is by birds and gravity.
Native Habitats:
Comments:
Ethnobotany:
General Comments:
Listed as Endangered by the FDACS. Please acquire only from reputable sources that have any needed permits.
This has been known to escape outside of its range when cultivated.
Citations:
Chafin, L. G. (2000). Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL.
de Figueiredo, Rodolfo & Sazima, Marlies. (2007). Phenology and Pollination Biology of Eight Peperomia Species (Piperaceae) in Semideciduous Forests in Southeastern Brazil. Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany). 9. 136-141. 10.1055/s-2006-924543. --- pollination
Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.
Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
