''Callisia ornata'', the Florida scrub roseling, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Commelinaceae
Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with about 731 kn ...
, native to the U.S. states of Georgia and Florida.
An annual reaching , it is typically found in the
Florida scrub
Florida sand pine scrub is an endangered subtropical forest ecoregion found throughout Florida in the United States. It is found on coastal and inland sand ridges and is characterized by an evergreen xeromorphic plant community dominated by shrub ...
ecoregion.
References
ornata
Endemic flora of the United States
Flora of Georgia (U.S. state)
Flora of Florida
Plants described in 1989
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