Koanophyllon villosum, the Florida Keys thoroughwort, or abre camino, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in southern Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the Islas de la Bahía (part of Honduras).Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapNelson, C. & G. R. Proctor. 1994. Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan Islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41–42: 73–80.Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral CablesNelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
In Florida, it grows in what remains of the state's pine rockland habitat where it is regarded as endangered.
Koanophyllon villosum is a shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. Flower heads contain up to 15 pink or white disc flowers but no ray flowers.Flora of North America, Koanophyllon villosum (Swartz) R. M. King & H. Robinson, 1974Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, Koanophyllon villosum description and photo
References
External links Dave's Garden Native Florida Wildflowers, Florida Shrub Thoroughwort - Koanophyllon villosum photos etc. photo of herbarium specimen at University of South Florida