| Author | Michx. | |
| Distribution | Collected at the NC Zoological Park in Randolph County, in 2003; specimen at NCU collected by Pete Diamond. The habitat -- "along walkway near wildlife attraction pool" - makes it clear that this is a non-cultivated occurrence.
Native of the Mississippi River Embayment and somewhat east and west, but all west of the Appalachians; adventive from MD to FL. | |
| Abundance | Very rare. | |
| Habitat | Beside walkway near waterfowl pond. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting -- no data. | |
| Identification | This species is a perennial, with the stems simple or branched, prostrate to ascending. The opposite leaves are lance-shaped (or wider). The flowers occur in a dense cluster in the axils of upper leaves, the corollas white, each petal only 2-3 mm long. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G4G5 | |
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