Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L.

Locations ofEllisia nyctelea (L.) L. in Virginia

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Family
Hydrophyllaceae
Botanical Name
Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L.
Common Name
Nyctelea, Waterpod, Aunt Lucy
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L.
Comments
Mid-Atlantic populations of this species in PA, MD, WVA, and VA are significantly disjunct from the main Midwestern range.
Habitat
Mostly in rich, well-drained alluvial forests, especially on sandy or silty, frequently flooded levees and along the major rivers; occasionally in disturbed, nutrient-rich upland forests in the mountains. Infrequent to locally common in the Piedmont and nw. mountains; apparently absent from wc. and sw. Virginia.
Native Status
Native

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