Native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia; introduced into Germany, Maryland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 12944

May 11, 2015

Location

United States, North Carolina, Transylvania (Soperton)

32.383889, -82.699722

Location Remarks

Pisgah National Forest; Yellow Gap Road (U.S. Forest Service Road 1206). 930 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Subshrub with a woody base, 0.5 m. Rocky streamside.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Xanthorhiza

Specific Epithet

simplicissima

Authorship

Marshall

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 15.6

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.6

Global rank

#21,851 of 335,497

Top 7%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →