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Speaks for its own area (GA, GA-NC-SC, NC, TN), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program), Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition.","label":"Native to Alabama (state-specific source)","provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"al_atlas","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"native_supported"},"source_name":"Phemeranthus teretifolius","taxon_id":"taxon:3ce16fe0-3cae-54ed-bcbb-bfa03c42965a","revision":"publish:cdb975f5-333c-4482-92bd-514ef43ee9c3","photos":[]}