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Your search found 37 taxa in the family Gentianaceae, Gentian family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
White Sabatia, Lanceleaf Rose-gentian, Lanceleaf Sabatia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia difformis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia difformis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia difformis 155-01-001 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, bogs, pocosins
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Four-angle Sabatia, Four-angle Rose-gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia quadrangula FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia quadrangula FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia quadrangula 155-01-002 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, moist forests, pocosin ecotones, seepages
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Rose-pink, Narrowleaf Rose-gentian, Narrowleaf Sabatia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia brachiata FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia brachiata FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia brachiata 155-01-004 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Mesic pinelands, longleaf pine sandhills, pine savannas, pine flatwoods
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rose-pink, Bitterbloom, Common Marsh-pink, American Centaury
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia angularis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia angularis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia angularis 155-01-005 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Forests, woodlands, marshes, fields, calcareous hammocks (in FL), especially in base-rich situations
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Annual Sea-pink, Salt-marsh Pink, Rose-of-Plymouth
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia stellaris FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia stellaris FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia stellaris 155-01-007 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Brackish marshes, maritime wet grasslands
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Largeflower Rose-gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia grandiflora FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia grandiflora FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Wet flatwoods, marshes, cypress-gum depressions, limesink ponds, borrow pits
Rare
Native to Georgia Coastal Plain
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Common Name:
Slender Marsh-pink, Slender Rose-gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia campanulata FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia campanulata FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia campanulata 155-01-008 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, bogs, seeps, fens
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coastal Rose-pink, Coastal Rose-gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia calycina FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia calycina FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia calycina 155-01-009 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, river banks
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Perennial Sea-pink, Large Marsh Rose-pink, Marsh Rose-gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia dodecandra FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra 155-01-010a FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Tidal brackish and freshwater marshes
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blackwater Rose-pink, Marsh Rose-gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia foliosa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia dodecandra var. foliosa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia dodecandra var. dodecandra 155-01-010a? FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Openings along blackwater rivers, cypress ponds
Uncommon in SC, rare in GA
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bartram's Rose-gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia decandra FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia bartramii FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia dodecandra var. coriacea 155-01-010b FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Margins of Taxodium ascendens-Nyssa depressions, wet pine flatwoods
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Plymouth Rose-gentian, Plymouth Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia kennedyana FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia kennedyana FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia dodecandra var. kennedyana 155-01-010c FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Seasonally exposed drawdown banks of the Waccamaw River, in adjacent ditches and disturbed flats (in se. NC and ne. SC), and very rarely on shores of beaver ponds (in e. VA, by introduction)
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Pinewoods Rose-gentian, Pinewoods Rose-pink
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia gentianoides FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia gentianoides FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sabatia gentianoides 155-01-011 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, bogs
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cumberland Rose-gentian, Appalachian Rose-gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabatia capitata FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sabatia capitata FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Sloping woodlands and meadows, over sandstone or shale
Rare in GA (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
Native to Georgia & apparently North Carolina
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Common Name:
Eastern Fringed Gentian, Greater Fringed Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentianopsis crinita FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentianopsis crinita FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana crinita 155-02-001 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Sunny or partially shaded seepage areas over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks (such as limestone, amphibolite, or serpentinized olivine)
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Stiff Gentian, Appalachian Gentianella, Fivefinger Gentian, Eastern Agueweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentianella quinquefolia FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. quinquefolia FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana quinquefolia 155-02-002 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Forests, grassy balds
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA & SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pinebarren Gentian, Autumn Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana autumnalis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana autumnalis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana autumnalis 155-02-003 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, pine flatwoods, sandhills, pine barrens, in a variety of sites varying from moist to very xeric, in se. VA, NC, and SC nearly always associated with Pinus palustris and/or Aristida stricta
Uncommon in NC, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Striped Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana villosa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana villosa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana villosa 155-02-004 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Upland forests, sandhill/pocosin ecotones
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Pale Gentian, Plain Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana alba FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana alba FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana alba 155-02-005 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Moist meadows, prairies, glades, openings in mesic forests
Historically in NC, but not recently seen
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Appalachian Gentian, Showy Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana decora FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana decora FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana decora 155-02-006 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Forests
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Meadow Closed Gentian, Meadow Bottle Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana clausa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Gentiana clausa FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana clausa 155-02-007 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont
Native to North Carolina & possibly Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Gentian, Appalachian Gentian, Pine Barren Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana austromontana FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana austromontana FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana clausa 155-02-007? FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Mountain forests and grassy balds, especially at medium to high elevations, but descending to ca. 600 m (2200 feet)
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Balsam Mountain Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana latidens FAMILY: Gentianaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Gentiana saponaria var. latidens FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana clausa 155-02-007? FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Moist, often seeping, more or less open sites on rocky slopes
Rare, restricted to the higher mountains of NC south of Asheville
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana saponaria FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana saponaria var. saponaria FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana saponaria 155-02-008 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Bogs, marshes, wet hardwood forests, other moist to wet habitats
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coastal Plain Gentian, Catesby's Gentian, Elliott's Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana catesbyi FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana catesbaei FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gentiana catesbaei 155-02-009 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Pocosins, moist longleaf pine savanna edges, edges of moist hardwood forests, bluff seepages
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Prairie Closed Gentian, Closed Bottle Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Meadows, seeps, forest edges, freshwater marshes, open-canopied swamps
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Narrowleaf Gentian
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gentiana linearis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gentiana linearis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Openings in spruce-fir forests, seeps, bogs, and swamp forests at high elevations
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
American Columbo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Frasera caroliniensis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Frasera caroliniensis FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Swertia caroliniensis 155-03-001 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Rich forests and woodlands over mafic or calcareous rocks, upper slopes of cove forests, floodplain forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Spring Bartonia, White Bartonia, White Screwstem
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bartonia verna FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bartonia verna FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bartonia verna 155-04-001 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds, interdune swales, other moist sands
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Bartonia, Yellow Screwstem, Yellow Bartonia, Common Bartonia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bartonia virginica FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bartonia virginica FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bartonia virginica 155-04-002 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Bogs, swamps, savannas, pocosin ecotones, pocosins, dune swales
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Screwstem Bartonia
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata FAMILY: Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bartonia paniculata 155-04-003 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Swamps, bogs, pocosins, pocosin ecotones, sphagnous seepages, sinkhole ponds
Uncommon (rare in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pennywort, Virginia Pennywort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Obolaria virginica FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Obolaria virginica FAMILY: Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Obolaria virginica 155-05-001 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Nutrient-rich, moist to dry forests, mesic hammocks
Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Little Floating Heart
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nymphoides cordata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphoides cordata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nymphoides cordata 155-06-001 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Upland depression ponds, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the fall-line Sandhills
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Big Floating Heart, Banana Floating Heart
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nymphoides aquatica FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphoides aquatica FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nymphoides aquatica 155-06-002 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines), other acidic and nutrient-poor water-filled depressions, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the Outer and Middle Coastal Plain
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Crested Floating Heart, Water Snowflake
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nymphoides cristata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphoides cristata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
Habitat: Ponds and lakes
Rare or waif(s)
Non-native: China & India
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Common Name:
Yellow Floating Heart
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nymphoides peltata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphoides peltata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
Habitat: Ponds
Waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Buckbean, Bogbean
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Menyanthes trifoliata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Menyanthes trifoliata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
Habitat: Mucky soils of mountain fens at high elevations over amphibolite (in the Blue Ridge), boggy marshes over calcareous rocks (in the Ridge and Valley), seepage swamps (in the Coastal Plain)
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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