Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (92).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (80).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (85).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (78).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (86).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (82).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (90).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (79).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (87).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (88).JPG
Houstonia serpyllifolia, Davidson, C 12975--North Carolina. Clay Co. Buck Cr. 13 May 2015. DSC04619 (81).JPG
Native to Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Clay (Hayesville)
35.084167, -83.616667
Location Remarks
West of the city of Franklin and E of the town of Shooting Creek; 2.25 km (1.4 miles) N of U.S. route 64 on Buck Creek Road; W side of Buck Creek. 943 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Houstonia
Specific Epithet
serpyllifolia
Authorship
Michx.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#156,830 of 335,497
Top 47%
Extinction probability
11%
