Erithalis fruticosa L.

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PLANTS OF THE BAHAMAS
Erithalis fruticosa L.
RUBIACEAE Shrubs to 3ft tall, occasional, flowers white. Growing in sand, oolitic limestone gravel and rocky loam along a disturbed beach margin 10-50ft from shore. With Andropogon gracile, Andropogon virginicus, Baccharis dioica, Borrichia arborescens, Bourreria ovata, Casuarina equisetifolia, Cassytha filiformis, Conocarpus erectus, Dichromena floridensis, Fimbritylis cymosa, Ipomoea pes-caprae, Lantana involucrata, Leucaena leucocephala, Linum bahamense, Mallotonia gnaphalodes, Passiflora cupraea, P. pallida (= P. suberosa), Petitia domingensis (rare), Pluchea odorata, Salmea petrobioides, Scaevola taccada, Smilax havanensis, Spermacoce keyensis, Stachytarpheta sp., Stemodia marítima, Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum, Stylosanthes tuberculata, Suriana marítima, Trema lamarckiana, Urechites lútea and Waltheria bahamensis. Along the E. side of the main road, about 0. lmi NW of Forfar Research Station, W. side of the mouth of Stafford Creek, about 0.15mi SE of the Stafford Creek Bridge, town of Stafford Creek, North Andros District, northern Andros Island. Elev. 3ft. 24° 53' 58“N, 77° 55' 58“W. UTM 18 203725E, 2757006N (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3236
22 April 2005<<<OCR