Eryngium ravenellii A. Gray. Common name: Ravenel's Eryngo. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Wet pine savannas, mostly or entirely over calcareous substrate. Distribution: Se. SC (Berkeley and Charleston counties) south to sw. GA and s. FL. Reports for se. NC are based on inland populations of E. aquaticum.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: McMillan's (2003) suggestion that E. ravenelii warrants specific status distinct from E. aquaticum is here accepted.
Synonymy ⓘ: = (basionym); = Eryngium aquaticum L. var. ravenelii (A.Gray) Mathias & Constance — RAB; = Eryngium ravenelii A.Gray — S; < Eryngium aquaticum L. — Fl7, GW2, WH3; < Eryngium aquaticum L. var. ravenelii (A.Gray) Mathias & Constance — K4, Bell (1963); > Eryngium aquaticum L. var. ravenellii (A.Gray) Mathias & Constance — FNA13, MC; > Eryngium mettaueri Alph.Wood — S13; > Eryngium praealtum Ravenel; > Eryngium ravenelii A.Gray — S13
Links to other floras: > Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenellii - FNA13
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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