Phyllanthus caroliniensis

Phyllanthus caroliniensis, the Carolina leafflower, is a flowering plant native to the Americas, from the southeastern United States[1] all the way to Argentina.[2][3] The flowers are small and located where the leaf meets the stem.[2]

Phyllanthus caroliniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthus
Species:
P. caroliniensis
Binomial name
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
Walter

This plant is extremely widely distributed in the New World. In the United States it grows in open, moist areas, sometimes in association with disturbance, such as the edges of lakes, ponds, and streams, forest openings, and depressions in grasslands. It has been reported from Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; in most of these areas it is the only native species of Phyllanthus. It was also recently collected in San Diego, California, where it has been introduced and may become established.[4]

References
  1. Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walter, USDA PLANTS
  2. Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walt., missouriplants.com
  3. "Don Jesús's Blue Corduroy Bag, An Excerpt from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter of December 24, 2007 issued from Chiapas, Mexico". Retrieved 9 Aug 2015.
  4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250016337
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