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Matelea flavidula

Matelea flavidula

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 4 Florida counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 91 animals.

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

3CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Matelea

  • Danaus plexippusMonarch
  • Danaus gilippusQueen
  • Erinnyis lassauxiiLassaux's Sphinx
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
APOCYNACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

Conservation status

Florida rankS1
Global rankG3?
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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