Cyrilla arida, Scrub Titi Baptisia The species epithet is Latin

The species epithet is Latin for "of Virginia

Savanna Mountainmint

Its typical habit is to ascend the trunks of cypress trees by creeping under the fibrous bark

and savannas

Cyrilla arida, Scrub Titi Baptisia The species epithet is LatinCyrilla arida, commonly known as Scrub Titi, is an extremely rare Florida native shrub. Originally discovered by famed botanist J. K. Small in the early 20th century, this unique shrub was native to the desert like scrub habitats of central Florida. For decades, its identity was debated and its presence in the wild uncertain until rediscovered by Kenneth Wurdack and the Woodlanders team in Highlands County, Florida. That tiny remnant may now be sole