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Atrema

not marked as a favorite taxon Atrema americanum A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Prairie Bishop. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Blackland prairies, coastal prairies, rocky slopes. Distribution: Arkansas and Oklahoma south to s. Texas; disjunct in Alabama.

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ID notes: This species is often locally abundant and can form white swaths of flowers covering many acres in spring.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA13, Plunkett et al (2018a) in Kadereit & Bittrich (2018); = Atrema americana — K4, orthographic variant; = Bifora americana (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. — Ar, K1, MC, NcTx, NS, Ok, POWO, S13, Tx; = n/a — S. Basionym: Atrema americanum DC. 1829

Links to other floras: = Atrema americanum - FNA13

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image #1 of Atrema americanum© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
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