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Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter
Carolina leaf-flower

       
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Line Drawing of Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 453. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter

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Distribution:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter

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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 25 species in Phyllanthus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter ssp. caroliniensis. .
Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis
Carolina leaf-flower
Distribution of Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter ssp. saxicola (Small) G.L. Webster. .
Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. saxicola
Carolina leaf-flower
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter

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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 Euphorbiales
Family Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus Phyllanthus L. – leafflower
Species Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter – Carolina leaf-flower
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter

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.

Ohio:
Carolina leaf-flower              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Carolina leaf-flower              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FAC+ FAC+ FAC+ FAC NO FAC+ FAC+ NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28368.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/24/2008 12:52 PM MDT