APOCYNACEAE - - Dogbane Family

Amsonia ludoviciana Vail — Louisiana Bluestar.

Habitat:

Mesic forests and woodlands (in MS and LA), open woodlands around outcrops of Lithonia granitic gneiss (in GA). So far as is known, endemic to LA, MS and GA; not native or naturalized in SC, contrary to Kartesz (1999).

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].