Edrastima uniflora (L.) Raf.
Detail
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Edrastima uniflora (L.) Raf.
- Common Name
- Clustered Bluets
- Synonym(s)
- Oldenlandia uniflora L.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Oldenlandia uniflora L.
- Comments
- The very comprehensive molecular phylogeny produced by Neupane et al. (2015, Taxon 64(2): 299-322) demonstrates the polyphyletic nature of traditional Oldenlandia and places O. uniflora in the genus Edrastima, representing a group of annuals with beaked capsules.
- Habitat
- In various wet to moist or, sometimes, dry, sandy habitats, including seasonally exposed shores, pond edges, interdune swales, ditches, and clearings. Frequent in the s. and c. Coastal Plain, n. to Accomack, Middlesex, and King William counties; rare in the adjacent se. Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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