Native to Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia; introduced into Minnesota (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Duplin
35.623139, -77.918278
Location Remarks
HHwy 117, 3.9 miles N of Burgaw
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Penstemon
Specific Epithet
laevigatus
Authorship
Aiton
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#282,248 of 335,497
Top 85%
Extinction probability
10%