ABSTRACT
My students learned about a plant known locally as “Fakahatchee Gold” soon after we began working on the vegetation of Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve in Collier County (Austin et al. 1986, 1990a,b). The plant name sounded like one for marijuana (Cannabis), but actually consisted of the dried leaves of Bidens alba used as a tobacco substitute. A smoker among them said they were not too bad in a pinch.
