PLANTS Profile for Hottonia inflata (American featherfoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Hottonia inflata Elliott
American featherfoil

Symbol:

HOIN

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Primulaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Hottonia inflata Elliott

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Distribution:
Hottonia inflata Elliott


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), CAN (PE)

Related Taxa:
Hottonia inflata Elliott

View 11 genera in Primulaceae, 1 species in Hottonia

Classification:
Hottonia inflata Elliott

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Primulales
Family	Primulaceae – Primrose family
Genus	Hottonia L. – hottonia
Species	Hottonia inflata Elliott – American featherfoil

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hottonia inflata Elliott

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.

Connecticut:
featherfoil		Special Concern
Indiana:
featherfoil		Threatened
Maine:
featherfoil		Threatened
Maryland:
featherfoil		Endangered
New Jersey:
featherfoil		Endangered
New York:
featherfoil		Threatened
Ohio:
featherfoil		Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
American featherfoil		Extirpated
Rhode Island:
featherfoil		Special Concern
Tennessee:
featherfoil		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Hottonia inflata Elliott

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Hottonia inflata Elliott

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24048.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 06:10 PM CDT