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 (Wilson)
35.623139, -77.918278
Location Remarks
HHwy 117, 3.9 miles N of Burgaw
Collectors
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%