PLANTS Profile for Ammannia coccinea (valley redstem)

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Ammannia coccinea Rottb.
valley redstem

Symbol:

AMCO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lythraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

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Synonyms:
Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

	AMCOP	Ammannia coccinea Rottb. ssp. purpurea (Lam.) Koehne
	AMTE6	Ammannia teres Raf.

Distribution:
Ammannia coccinea Rottb.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

View 12 genera in Lythraceae, 6 species in Ammannia

Classification:
Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Lythraceae – Loosestrife family
Genus	Ammannia L. – redstem
Species	Ammannia coccinea Rottb. – valley redstem

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Pennsylvania:
scarlet ammannia		Threatened

U.S. Weed Information:
Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

purple ammannia
valley redstem

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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FACW+,OBL

OBL

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OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ammannia coccinea Rottb.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27091.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 05:55 AM MDT