Native to Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Davidson, C 13052

May 19, 2015

Location

United States, South Carolina, Lexington

33.863611, -81.233889

Location Remarks

Edmund. Boiling Springs Road between Bethany Church Road and Bluefield Road. Shealy's Pond. 83 m elev.

Collectors

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

Mori, S 27413

May 21, 2010

Location

United States, North Carolina, New Hanover

34.064722, -78.2915

Location Remarks

Highway 211, 3.5 miles N of junction with Highway 17

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Eriocaulaceae

Genus

Eriocaulon

Specific Epithet

compressum

Authorship

Lam.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 15.4

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.9

Global rank

#16,347 of 335,497

Top 5%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →