Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Québec, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin (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 13066

May 20, 2015

Location

United States, North Carolina, Haywood

35.6675, -82.9925

Location Remarks

Pisgah National Forest. Along Pigeon River S of intersection with route I-40 at Fines Creek exit; along trail on SW side of river. 758 m elev.

Collectors

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Houstonia

Specific Epithet

caerulea

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#143,612 of 335,497

Top 43%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →