Native to Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Johnson (Benson)
35.364556, -78.515417
Location Remarks
Hwy 50, 3 km SE of Benson
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Polygalaceae
Genus
Polygala
Specific Epithet
lutea
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.0
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
#222,449 of 335,497
Top 67%
Extinction probability
10%