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Amsonia rigida Shuttleworth ex Small. Stiff Bluestar, Pond Bluestar. Hab: Seasonally flooded depression wetlands and moist pinelands. Dist: S. GA to n. peninsular FL, west to s. MS.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy : = GW2, K1, K3, K4, S, Woodson (1928), Woodson (1938); < Amsonia rigida Shuttlew. ex Small – FNA14; < Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter – Fl5, WH3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily : 9

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image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Amsonia rigida, Tift County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© J.W. Hardin | Original Image ⭷

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