Amsonia rigida Shuttleworth ex Small. Common name: Stiff Bluestar, Pond Bluestar. Habitat: Seasonally flooded depression wetlands and moist pinelands. Distribution: S. GA to n. peninsular FL, west to s. MS.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = GW2, K4, S, Woodson (1928), Woodson (1938); < Amsonia rigida Shuttlew. ex Small — FNA14; < Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter — Fl5, WH3; Amsonia rigida Shuttlew. ex Small. Basionym: Amsonia rigida Shuttlew. ex Small 1903
Links to other floras: < Amsonia rigida - FNA14
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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