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Apocynaceae
Amsonia

not marked as a favorite taxon Amsonia rigida Shuttleworth ex Small. Common name: Stiff Bluestar, Pond Bluestar. Habitat: Seasonally flooded depression wetlands and moist pinelands. Distribution: S. GA to n. peninsular FL, west to s. MS.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = GW2, K4, S, Woodson (1928), Woodson (1938); < Amsonia rigida Shuttlew. ex Small — FNA14; < Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter — Fl5, WH3; Amsonia rigida Shuttlew. ex Small. Basionym: Amsonia rigida Shuttlew. ex Small 1903

Links to other floras: < Amsonia rigida - FNA14

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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 #1 of Amsonia rigida© Alan Cressler: Amsonia rigida, Tift County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Amsonia rigida© Jake Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jake Smith source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Amsonia rigida© Jake Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jake Smith source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Amsonia rigida© Alvin Diamond, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alvin Diamond source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Amsonia rigida© Joseph Aubert, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Joseph Aubert source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Amsonia rigida© Jake Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jake Smith source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Amsonia rigida© Joseph Aubert, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Joseph Aubert source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Amsonia rigida© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Amsonia rigida© Joseph Aubert, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Joseph Aubert source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Amsonia rigida© Joseph Aubert, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Joseph Aubert source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Amsonia rigida© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Amsonia rigida© J.W. Hardin | Original Image ⭷

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