Rugelia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant

Rugelia
RugelsRagwort.jpg
Conservation status

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Rugelia
Shuttlew. ex Chapm.
Species:
R. nudicaulis
Binomial name
Rugelia nudicaulis
Shuttlew. ex Chapm.

Rugelia nudicaulis (Rugel's Indian plantain[1] or Rugels ragwort), the sole species of the genus Rugelia, blooms in summer. It is a wildflower endemic to higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains.[2] It is a rare species in Tennessee.[3] First placed in the genus Senecio, then moved to Cacalia it was finally placed in a genus of its own, Rugelia. Genetic diversity in this plant, assessed using allozymes, is so low that the species may not survive changing environmental conditions.[4]

References

  1. "Rugelia nudicaulis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RUNU2. Retrieved 26 October 2015. 
  2. University of Tennessee Herbarium
  3. Tennessee state list
  4. Journal of Heredity article
  • Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 372, ISBN:978-1-55105-428-5

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