Flora of the Southeastern United States

Eryngium ravenellii A. Gray. Common name: Ravenel's Eryngo. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Wet pine savannas, mostly or entirely over calcareous substrates. Distribution: Se. South Carolina (Berkeley and Charleston counties) south to sw. Georgia and n. Florida. Reports for se. North Carolina 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. Re the spelling of the epithet, IPNI (2-25) states "Gray cited the type collector’s name as Ravenel; he seemed to have implicitly Latinized the honoree’s name as Ravenellius and coined the epithet as ravenellii (not correctable to “ravenelii”)."

Synonymy ⓘ: = Eryngium aquaticum L. var. ravenelii (A.Gray) Mathias & Constance — POWO, RAB; = Eryngium ravenelii A. Gray — S; < Eryngium aquaticum L. — Fl7, GW2, WH3; < Eryngium aquaticum L. var. ravenelii (A.Gray) Mathias & Constance — K1, K4, NS, 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. Basionym: Eryngium ravenellii A. Gray 1850

Links to other floras: > Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenellii - FNA13

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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