Native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina; introduced into North Carolina (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
United States, Florida, Orange
Location Remarks
Off State Highway 46. Rock Springs Run State Preserve, on County Road 433 near Sorrento and north of Apopka.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Agarista
Specific Epithet
populifolia
Authorship
(Lam.) Judd
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#123,900 of 335,497
Top 37%
Extinction probability
10%