Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Durham
35.978889, -70.016389
Location Remarks
Duke Forest, access through Gate 26. New Hope drainage
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Gentianaceae
Genus
Obolaria
Specific Epithet
virginica
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.9
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
#142,885 of 335,497
Top 43%
Extinction probability
9%