Scientific name:  Tillandsia bartramii Elliott

Former names: Tillandsia juncea; Tillandsia myriophylla

Status in Florida: Not threatened

Distribution: Florida, Georgia, Caribbean, Mexico

Distribution in Florida: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Franklin, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, Sumter, Suwannee, Volusia, and Wakulla Counties

Occurrence in Florida: Frequent

Habitat: Hammocks and pinelands

Description: Epiphytic; grows to 10-30 cm (4-12 in.) tall (20-40 cm [8-16 in.] when flowering); plants densely clustered; thin, leathery, grayish leaves (15-30 per plant); simple flower spike or with 1-5 side branches; pink to red floral bracts with flowers 2.5 cm (1 in.) long (5-20 per plant); seed capsules up to 3 cm (1 1/8 in.) long

Time of flowering: Spring - summer (especially spring)

References:
Flora of North America Association. 2000. Flora of North America, Vol. 22. http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/FNA

Hall, David W. 1993. Illustrated Plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain. Maupin House, Gainesville, FL.

Wunderlin, Richard P. 1982. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central Florida. University Presses of Florida, Tampa.

Wunderlin, Richard P. and Bruce F. Hansen. 2000. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu