Native to 31 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Graham
35.358611, -83.930278
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest; Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest along Little Santeetlah Creek. 659 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Notes
Prostrate herb.
Location
United States, Connecticut
42.058056, -73.339167
Location Remarks
Near Ashley Falls, Bartholomew's Cobble, south of Sheffield off Highway 7A.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Mitchella
Specific Epithet
repens
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#221,040 of 335,497
Top 66%
Extinction probability
9%