Apteria aphylla (Nuttall) Barnhart ex Small. Common name: Nodding Nixie. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Wet hammocks, mesic hammocks, bay swamps, other acid swamps, mesic forests. Distribution: E. GA west to e. TX, south to c. South America; West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA26, GW1, K4, Meso6, NS, POWO, S, S13, Tx, WH3; Lobelia aphylla Nuttall. Basionym: Lobelia aphylla Nutt. 1822
Links to other floras: = Apteria aphylla - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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