Sullivantia
Sullivantia, commonly called coolwort, is a genus of flowering plants in the saxifrage family. It is a small genus, comprising only 3-4 species of perennial herbs all native to the northwestern and east-central United States. Sullivantia is most notable for having disjunct distributions primarily restricted to along the Pleistocene glacial margin. All species of Sullivantia are found on moist, often calcareous cliffs.
Species
Sullivant's Coolwort
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSaxifragales
- FamilySaxifragaceae
Native toColorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee
Observations477
via GBIF · Kew POWO
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Sullivantia, commonly called coolwort, is a genus of flowering plants in the saxifrage family. It is a small genus, comprising only 3-4 species of perennial herbs all native to the northwestern and east-central United States. Sullivantia is most notable for having disjunct distributions primarily restricted to along the Pleistocene glacial margin. All species of Sullivantia are found on moist, often calcareous cliffs.
==Species== Four species are accepted.Sullivantia Torr. & A.Gray. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 April 2024. Sullivantia hapemanii Sullivantia oregana Sullivantia renifolia Sullivantia sullivantii