Leather-flower

Ecology & Conservation

Proximity Score

3a

Native Status

❌ Outaouais ❌ Ottawa ❌ QC ❌ ON

Closest Direction

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CEC Eco-Regions

8 – Eastern Temperate Forests, 8.4 – Ozark, Ouachita-Appalachian Forests, 8.4.1 – Ridge and Valley

Rarity Notes

Globally secure (G5) but not native to Canada. Listed as introduced in Ontario by VASCAN. NatureServe ranks it SNA (Not Applicable) in Ontario given its non-native status. Not listed under SARA or COSEWIC.

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Rarity Ranks

ON SNA – Not Applicable

Migration

Disjunct

Ecological Context

A vine of rich, calcareous wooded slopes and thickets in the central Appalachian region, from Pennsylvania south to Georgia and west to Missouri. Found primarily on limestone substrates along river corridors and in mesic forests of the Ridge and Valley province. In Canada it is known only as an introduction in Ontario.

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Medicinal Properties

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Category

Panacea

S28 Meskwaki Drug category=Panacea

Notes

Meskwaki (Fox) people used the root to make a drink taken for 'any kind of common sickness' — a general panacea. Documented by Huron H. Smith (1928) in Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians.

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Edibility & Foraging

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❌ Not Edible   

Foraging Notes

No edible uses documented. Moerman lists only medicinal/drug uses for this species. As a member of Ranunculaceae, fresh plant material contains protoanemonin which is an irritant.

S28

Toxicity

△ Low Toxicity

Not listed in the Cornell poisonous plants database. However, as a member of Ranunculaceae, fresh plant tissue likely contains protoanemonin, a mild irritant common across the buttercup family. No specific toxicity reports found for this species.

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Seed Source

• NANPS
• NANPS