Author | (Elliott) J.A. Schultes | |
Distribution | Mostly the middle and outer Coastal Plain in the southern half of the province; local in the Sandhills (Cumberland County), and reported from Moore County in the NCNHP database.
NC to northern FL and southeastern LA. | |
Abundance | Uncommon in the Coastal Plain; rare in the Sandhills. The website editors suggest the State Rank be moved to S2S3, as it is not quite as rare as the NCNHP's S2 rank. This is a Watch List species. | |
Habitat | Wet pine savannas, seepage bogs with pitcher plants, wet streamhead ecotones. |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting July-October. | |
Identification | The narrow inflorescences with densely hairy floral scales readily identify our two species of silkyscale. The hairs are translucent and stick out vertically from the scale surfaces. The plants stand erect, 2.5-4 feet tall. In this species, the scales and hairs are red-purple in color (vs. green in A. villosa) and it inhabits wet, seepy soil, versus more mesic sandhill soils in A. villosa. | |
Taxonomic Comments | In some publications the genus name is spelled Anthaenantia.
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Other Common Name(s) | None | |
State Rank | S2 [S2S3] | |
Global Rank | G5 | |
State Status | W1 | |
US Status | | |
USACE-agcp | FACW link |
USACE-emp | FACU link |