Porteranthus trifoliatus--PA. Longwood Gardens. 25 Jun 03. 003.jpg
Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Pennsylvania (Longwood Gardens)
Location Remarks
1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square , PA 19348. (See website for detailed directions)
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, North Carolina, Macon (Franklin)
35.093611, -83.520556
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest road off old U.S. route 64 (highway 1448), SW of city of Franklin; near Standing Indian on trail to Wasilik Poplar. 1115 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Notes
Roadside dirt bank. Harbaceous subshrub; branches to c. 1 m.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Gillenia
Specific Epithet
trifoliata
Authorship
(L.) Moench
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.9
Global rank
#51,395 of 335,497
Top 16%
Extinction probability
10%
