Plants Profile for Ellisia nyctelea (Aunt Lucy)

General Information
Symbol:	ELNY
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Hydrophyllaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, IA. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 67. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ELNYC	Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L. var. coloradensis Brand
NYNY2	Nyctelea nyctelea (L.) Britton, nom. inval.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Hydrophyllaceae – Waterleaf family
Genus	Ellisia L. – ellisia
Species	Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L. – Aunt Lucy

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
New Jersey Aunt Lucy Endangered
Pennsylvania ellisia Threatened

U.S. Weed Information
Ellisia nyctelea Aunt Lucy ellisia waterpod This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FAC
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU