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Plantaginaceae
Mecardonia

not marked as a favorite taxon Mecardonia acuminata (Walter) Small var. microphylla (Rafinesque) Pennell. Common name: Pond Axil-flower. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Margins of Coastal Plain ponds, wet pine savannas. Distribution: Sc. GA south to Panhandle FL and west to e. LA; also reported for SC and NC (Ahedor 2019b).

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA17, K4, S; = Mecardonia acuminata (Walter) Small ssp. microphyla — Fl6, WH3, misspelling; = Pagesia acuminata (Walter) Pennell ssp. microphylla (Raf.) Pennell — Pennell (1935); < Mecardonia acuminata (Walter) Small — GW2, RAB; Ambulia rigida Rafinesque var. microphylla Rafinesque. Basionym: Ambulia rigida Raf. var. microphylla Raf. 1840

Links to other floras: = Mecardonia acuminata var. microphylla - FNA17

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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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