Oxypolis ternata (Nutt.) Heller

Locations ofOxypolis ternata (Nutt.) Heller in Virginia

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Family
Apiaceae
Botanical Name
Oxypolis ternata (Nutt.) Heller
Common Name
Savanna Cowbane
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Oxypolis ternata (Nuttall) A. Heller
Comments
Known from a single Fernald station (Dahlia Bog), now apparently destroyed. Although collected and determined by Fernald & Long as O. ternata, it was subsequently referred to for a period of years as O. filiformis, a species now known to range north only to se NC.
Habitat
Sphagnous bog. Rare, s. Coastal Plain; known historically from a single site in Greensville County.
Native Status
Native

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