Mecardonia acuminata (Walter) Small var. peninsularis Pennell. Common name: Florida Axil-flower. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Bogs, wet pine savannas, marshes, pond margins. Distribution: N. FL peninsula (Levy, Marion, and Volusia counties) south to s. FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA17, K4, S, (basionym); = Mecardonia acuminata (Walter) Small ssp. peninsularis (Pennell) Rossow — Fl6, WH3; = Pagesia acuminata (Walter) Pennell ssp. peninsularis (Pennell) Pennell — Pennell (1935); < Mecardonia acuminata (Walter) Small — GW2
Links to other floras: = Mecardonia acuminata var. peninsularis - FNA17
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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