Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Texas; introduced into California, France, Madagascar, New Zealand North, Réunion, Taiwan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Texas, Galveston
29.205, -94.960278
Location Remarks
Galveston Island Stata Park. Nature trail on the peninsula between Oak Bayou and Butterowe Bayou. 1 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, C. Efraimson
Notes
Sandy, open places among the herbs and shrubs.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Callitriche
Specific Epithet
peploides
Authorship
Nutt.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#206,543 of 335,497
Top 62%
Extinction probability
11%