Monographs Details:
Authority:

Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:

Rubiaceae
Scientific Name:

Ernodea littoralis Sw.
Description:

Species Description - A glabrous or glandular-puberulent shrub, 1-16 dm. high, erect, or nearly or quite prostrate, the branches 4-angled, usually densely leafy. Leaves 3-5- nerved, shining, somewhat fleshy, oblong, elliptic, linear-oblong or oblanceolate, 2-3.5 cm. long, 4-10 mm. wide; entire or glandular-serrulate; stipules 1.5-2 mm. long; calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, longer than the tube; corolla white or pink, its tube 1-1.5 cm. long; fruit subglobose, yellow, 4-6 mm. in diameter, about as long as or somewhat shorter than the calyx-lobes.

Discussion:

Coastal rocks and sands within the influence of ocean spray, throughout the archipelago from Great Bahama, Abaco and Andros to Mariguana and Inagua : Florida ; Cuba to Porto Rico and Anegada ; St. Croix ; Guadeloupe ; Jamaica. Races differ in habit, pubescence, size and width of leaves. Common Ernodea.

Distribution:

Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Puerto Rico South America| Anegada Virgin Islands South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Guadeloupe South America| Jamaica South America|