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Polymnia canadensis
Also called Pale Flowered Leafcup, Small Flowered Leafcup, White Flowered Leafcup, Leafcup
Polymnia canadensis, commonly known as whiteflower leafcup, is a flowering perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern North America from Ontario south to Alabama and from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Minnesota east to North Carolina, Vermont and Connecticut. It is considered endangered in the last three states. It is typically found in moist forests over calcareous rocks.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polymnia canadensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
