Varronia globosa is a flowering plant. An evergreen shrub it is a short-lived perennial.[2] It is listed an endangered in Florida.[3] It has white flowers and red berries.

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| Varronia globosa |
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| Growing in Keys cactus barren |
Scientific classification  |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Embryophytes |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Spermatophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Boraginales |
| Family: |
Cordiaceae |
| Genus: |
Varronia |
| Species: |
V. globosa |
| Binomial name |
Varronia globosa
Jacq. |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Cordia alnifolia Roem. & Schult.
- Cordia bullata subsp. humilis (Jacq.) Gaviria
- Cordia bullata var. globosa (Jacq.) Govaerts
- Cordia dasycephala (Desv.) Kunth
- Cordia globosa (Jacq.) Kunth
- Cordia globosa subsp. humilis (Johnst.) Borhidi
- Cordia globosa var. globosa
- Cordia globosa var. humilis (Jacq.) I.M.Johnst.
- Cordia humilis (Jacq.) G.Don
- Cordia humilis Jacq.
- Cordia jacmeliana E.H.L.Krause
- Cordia parviflora Ortega
- Cordia parvifolia Hemsl.
- Cordia patens Miq.
- Cordia patens Miq. ex Griseb.
- Cordia serratifolia Cham.
- Cordia sphaerocephala Willd.
- Cordia sphaerocephala Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Lithocardium dasycephalum (Desv.) Kuntze
- Lithocardium globosum (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Lithocardium parviflorum (Ortega) Kuntze
- Piloisa globosa (Jacq.) Raf.
- Piloisia globosa (Jacq.) Raf.
- Ulmarronia serratifolia (Cham.) Friesen
- Varronia bullata subsp. globosa (Jacq.) Greuter & R.Rankin
- Varronia bullata subsp. humilis (Jacq.) Feuillet
- Varronia dasycephala Desv.
- Varronia globosa subsp. humilis (Jacq.) Borhidi
- Varronia humilis Jacq.
- Varronia humilis var. mexicana Friesen
- Varronia jacmeliana (E.H.L.Krause) Friesen
- Varronia jacmeliana (K.Krause) Friesen
- Varronia mexicana Friesen
- Varronia sphaerocephala Willd.
- Varronia sphaerocephala Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
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In 1807, Philip Miller described it as globular-spiked varronia.[4]
In 1974, a specimen held at the Smithsonian was collected from Northeast Brazil.[5]