Corky coker biography of albert
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by Bruce A. Sorrie1
Since the mid 1990s, references have been made to an undescribed lobelia in the Sandhills region of North and South Carolina. Albert B. Pittman of the South Carolina Heritage Trust was first to note that this lobelia was very similar to savanna lobelia (Lobelia glandulosa Walter) but differed in several points. In a letter to me in the mid 1990s, Bert stated that “the new lobelia is close to L. glandulosa which is distinctly hirsute [hairy] in the throat of the corolla…the new species completely lacks hairs inside the flower.”
When the news originally spread through the grapevine, it was exciting news to botanists and ecologists. The Sandhills region, although part of the Coastal Plain province, has differences in soil types, soil nutrient and mineral content, and presence of some distinctive habitats that are absent or rare on the flat portion of the Coastal Plain. Most notable, the rolling topography produces countless streamhead
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