Anthenantia rufa (Elliott) J.A. Schultes. Common name: Purple Silkyscale. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Wet pine savannas in the outer Coastal Plain, seepage bogs and moist sandhill-pocosin ecotones in the fall-line sandhills. Distribution: Se. NC south to n. FL and west to w. LA.
ID notes: A. rufa inhabits much wetter habitats than the similar A. villosa, and is more typical of the outer Coastal Plain. Plants without culms are reminiscent of the Liliaceae.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, POWO, Kral (2004); = Anthaenantia rufa (Elliott) Schult. — GW1, HC, NS, RAB, S, S13, Tx, WH3, Crins (1991), orthographic variant; < Anthenantia rufa (Elliott) Schult. — K4; Aulaxanthus rufus Elliott. Basionym: Aulaxanthus rufus Elliott 1816
Links to other floras: = Anthenantia rufa - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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