Native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 13039

May 19, 2015

Location

United States, South Carolina, Oconee (Westminster)

34.683333, -83.318889

Location Remarks

Sumpter Nat. Forest. Along Brasstown Creek Rd. right turn off Hwy 76, c. 20 km NW of Westminster. 352 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Penstemon

Specific Epithet

australis

Authorship

Small

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#269,270 of 335,497

Top 81%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →