01 September 2022.
Texas, United States
Locality: Jasper County: One mile south of Sam Rayburn Lake, approximately 4.5 miles north of State Route 63 off of Forest Road 352A (0.5 miles east of Forest Road 352A).
Coordinates: 31.0788, -94.1949
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Elevation: 76m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Upland seepage wetland in part to full shade under forest canopy; plants frequently growing in association with sphagnum moss.
Associated species: Ilex coriacea; Persea borbonia; Magnolia virginiana; Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis; Ilex opaca; Rubus sp.; Carex glaucescens; Morella cerifera; Toxicodendron vernix; Vaccinium corymbosum; Acer rubrum var. drummondii; Woodwardia areolata; Viburnum nudum; Solidago sp.; Eubotrys racemosus; Rhododendron viscosum; Liatris pycnostachya; Helianthus angustifolius; Eupatorium perfoliatum; Rudbeckia scabrifolia; Hypericum sp.; Liquidambar styraciflua; Callicarpa americana; Nyssa sylvatica; Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Comment: Herbaceous perennial with robust basal rosette of ovate to ovate-lanceolate leaves to 8 inches long and winged petiole of the same length. Plants producing single to few individual 2.5-foot-tall to 3-foot-tall branched inflorescences, generally with 1 to 5 flowers per stem. The inflorescences have sessile leaves borne along most of the stem to just below the branched inflorescences. This plant is quite atypical of Stokesia laevis. In cultivation, the seed-grown progeny are very robust and heavy-flowering. The plants look, generally speaking, very much like those originally found and introduced from Georgia many years ago by Ron Determann at the Atlanta Botanical Garden and named 'Omega Skyrocket'. These plants ['Omega Skyrocket'] all come true from seed as do [those of] the Jasper County population of Stokesia. I [Rick Lewandowski?] am speculating that the Jasper County population could be related to the Determann discovery. More robust study of the Jasper County population should be done to determine if it varies significantly enough genetically to warrant an elevated taxonomic status. Frequency: rare. Slope: 3 to 5 degrees. Aspect: mostly north to northeast.
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