Large-Flowered Rosemary

(Conradina grandiflora)

*Species description adapted from NatureServe: An online encyclopedia of life [web application].  2000.  Version 1.0.  Arlington (VA): Association for Biodiversity Information.  Available: http://www.natureserve.org/.  (Accessed: October 31, 2000).

FAMILY:

Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

RANKS:

G3/S3: vulnerable to extirpation or extinction.

RANK REASONS:

Dramatic decline in scrub habitat on Atlantic Coastal Ridge.  64 element occurrences with 14 found within managed areas; not uncommon where scrub persists.  Threatened by habitat conversion to housing, commercial development or citriculture.  Plant is endemic to Florida.

LEGAL STATUS:

• US--none
• FL--Endangered

HABITAT:

Scrub, scrubby flatwoods, coastal strand, and disturbed areas (Coile, 1998).

REFERENCES:

• Kral, R.  1983.  A report on some rare, threatened, or endangered forest-related vascular plants of the South.  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service Technical Publication R8-TP2, Athens, GA.  1305 pp.
• Kartesz, J. T.  1993.  Species distribution data for vascular plants of 70 geographical areas, from unpublished data files at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, July, 1993.
• Kartesz, J. T.  1994.  A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland.  2nd edition.  2 vols.  Timber Press, Portland, OR.
• Kartesz, J. T.  1996.  Species distribution data at state and province level for vascular plant taxa of the United States, Canada, and Greenland (accepted records), from unpublished data files at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, December, 1996.
• Shinners, L. H.  1962.  Synopsis of Conradina (Labiatae).  SIDA 1(2):84-88.
• Shinners, L. H.  1962.  Vegetative key to woody Labiatae of the southeastern coastal plain.  SIDA 1(2):92-93.