Native to Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia; extinct in New York, Pennsylvania (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

Not collected

May 10, 2015

Location

United States, North Carolina, Transylvania

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

No collection number

June 23, 2003

Location

United States, Delaware (Mt. Cuba Center)

Location Remarks

905 Old Wilmington Rd.., Hockessin

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Melanthiaceae

Genus

Helonias

Specific Epithet

bullata

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.6

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

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#23,924 of 335,497

Top 8%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →