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Hydrophyllaceae
Phacelia

Phacelia ranunculacea (Nuttall) Constance. Common name: Western Buttercup Phacelia. Habitat: Bottomland forests and other rich mesic or riparian woodland openings, locally abundant on the Pennyroyal Plain. Distribution: In the Mississippi and Ohio river drainages, centered around St. Louis, MO (w. KY, w. TN, e. MO, ne. AR, se. MO, s. IL, and s. IN). Reported for sc. AL, apparently in error.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: See Sewell & Vincent (2006) for detailed discussion.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Il, K4, Mo3, Tn, Sewell & Vincent (2006); < Phacelia ranunculacea (Nutt.) Constance — C, F, G, Constance (1949). Basionym: Ellisia ranunculacea Nutt. 1837

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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