Schoenolirion wrightii Sherman. Common name: Texas Sunnybell. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Saline prairies, seepage over sandstone, Catahoula barrens; "rocky barrens in the Post Oak region near College Station, with a few disjunct populations on the Catahoula Formation of southeast Texas" (Carr 2016). This species occurs in habitats similar to those of S. croceum in the Alabama plateau region and in the western part of its range. Distribution: Se. AR and w. LA west to e. TX; disjunct eastward in ne. AL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: Schoenocaulon wrightii blooms earlier in the western part of its range than the populations eastward.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FNA26, K4, NS, POWO; = Oxytria texana (Scheele) Pollard — S, S13; = Schoenolirion texanum (Scheele) A.Gray — Tx, misapplied. Basionym: Schoenolirion wrightii Sherman 1979
Links to other floras: = Schoenolirion wrightii - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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