Aristida simpliciflora Chapman. Common name: Southern Three-awn, Chapman's Three-awn. Phenology: Oct-Nov. Habitat: Wet pine savannas. Distribution: Sw. GA west through the FL Panhandle and c. AL to s. MS (Sorrie & Leonard 1999), and south into c. peninsular FL and s. peninsular FL (Wilder & McCollum 2023); northward apparently as a rarity in se. NC and e. SC (Berkeley County; McMillan & Porcher 2005) and se. NC. A. simpliciflora was believed to be a Gulf Coastal Plain endemic until found by R. LeBlond in 1999 in wet savannas in se. NC (Green Swamp savannas, Brunswick County; Old Dock Savanna, Columbus County; and The Neck Savanna, Pender County). It is reported for sw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988, Kartesz 1999). Harper also reports it for c. GA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, HC, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, SFla, WH3, Allred (1986); = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Aristida simpliciflora Chapm. 1878
Links to other floras: = Aristida simpliciflora - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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