Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.136776
Element CodePDAST8W010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusStokesia
Other Common NamesPiedmont Stokesia (EN) Stokes' aster (EN)
Concept ReferenceKartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic CommentsGenus is monotypic.
Conservation Status
Review Date2002-10-14
Change Date2002-10-14
Edition Date2002-10-14
Edition AuthorsMorse, Larry E. (1996, rev. 1999)
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Rank ReasonsDistribution primarily in eastern portion of Gulf coastal plain, from eastern Louisiana (3 parishes) to the Florida Panhandle (3 counties), with a few outlying sites in Georgia and South Carolina. Habitat abundant within the primary range; no information readily found on abundance at its better sites, although said to be generally common in eastern Louisiana.
Range Extent CommentsGulf Coast, from Louisiana eastward to the Florida Panhandle, and irregularly northward on the Atlantic coastal plain to South Carolina. Occasionally planted and escaped from cultivation both within and somewhat outside this range (as in North Carolina).