Native to Alabama, Bahamas, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode I., South Carolina, Virginia; extinct in Massachusetts (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade
25.39525, -80.583139
Location Remarks
Everglades National Park, Long Pine Key Trail
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Sabatia
Specific Epithet
stellaris
Authorship
Pursh
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.2
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
#252,449 of 335,497
Top 76%
Extinction probability
10%