Dalibarda repens Linnaeus. Dewdrop, Robin-Run-Away, Star-violet. Phen: Jun-Sep. Hab: Bog margins and mountain swamp forests, often along spring seeps, southwards mostly in dense shade beneath Rhododendron maximum. Dist: NL (Newfoundland) west to MI and MN, south to NJ and OH, and disjunct to WV, sw. VA, and w. NC.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The name for this species in Rubus, Rubus repens (Linnaeus) Kuntze, needs to be conserved against an earlier homonym to be used by those who prefer to place this taxon in Rubus, and has been proposed for conservation (Turner 2023).

Synonymy: = C, G, GW2, K1, Mi, Pa, RAB, S, W, WV; = Rubus dalibarda L. – K3, NE, Va, illegitimate name; = Rubus repens (L.) Kuntze – FNA9, NY

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (name change)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (name change)

Heliophily: 4