Obolaria virginica L.
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Filed As
Gentianaceae
Obolaria virginica L. -
Collector(s)
M. L. Stephenson s.n., May 1906
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Location
United States of America. Arkansas. Phillips Co. Helena.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 3582040
Occurrence ID: 99cd81eb-23e6-4e2c-8a28-4191aed0b8ee
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Gentianales
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Family
Gentianaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
North America
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Country
United States of America
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State/Province
Arkansas
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County/Municipio
Phillips Co.
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City/Township
Helena
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Coordinates
34.5245, -90.6062
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Coordinate Uncertainty (m)
3527
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Georeferencing Method
GEOLocate Web Application. Used the GEOLocate Web Application to georeference precise locality (high precision). Georeferenced to the corrected center of the feature, adjusted uncertainty radius (resized to polygon).
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Geodetic Datum
WGS84
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Location Notes
[County/District not specified as such on label, but inferred from locality data]
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Distribution
I * The Story of the Obolaria, As Known to an ignorant ,t>ut very loving observer* In I89G I found one little bunch of blooms and was just wise enoii^ii to realize that it was what ever* botanistsfl inarine)would consider •a find ".At that" tine I aid not have a book that would help me to Xnow its nsne ,but the next year rftien wit ine to Professor HcHeil (then of the Arkansas University)to ask the naane of some other strangers,I des- cribed this as as I could remember,and he told me at once what it was. 7rom that t^pfe? I always searched in the sane locality for it,but never found it ac&in^'Last year however,we found some plants in two different localities' and,were as delighted as though we had made a genuine new discovery*" ^™is si-rinf,Inarch 7th out? tier, was out after sassafras and fo^n^rpiMxacs^he said- of a plant he hoped we could name and when we too^the litjw.e stalk in our hands we saw the "buds almost entirely open,-:;e >dearched for it the next Sunday ‘but failed to find t£k? riffht place,so yesterday we took him with us and sure enough, there was •rfuantities^of it- ar^d much of it in full bloopu 3o far we have always ?found it under t?ees,an& on hill-side3,in places where the leaves lie thick and cover/the; .roots5 so warn and nice, A near neighbor in one place Is the lovely "Showjr orchis "and all about them stands luxuriant Christ^* *?as ? '*rns. NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 03582040 /?, /* / 1 j. M. gillett \$sC f 'M/U* V‘fe#,c5 Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden 03582040
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Obolaria virginica L.