Native to Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Georgia, Stephens
34.671667, -83.358611
Location Remarks
Along both sides of Panther Creek, NW of Yonah Dam. 237 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Matelea
Specific Epithet
carolinensis
Authorship
(Jacq.) Woodson
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#166,780 of 335,497
Top 50%
Extinction probability
12%