Spigelia marilandica, the woodland pinkroot or Indian pink, is a perennial wildflower in the Loganiaceae family. It flowers in June and tends to be found in low moist woods, ravines, or streambanks in partial or full shade. It will grow 1 - high with a spread of 0.5 -. Indian pink It is used as an ornamental plant.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Spigelia marilandica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
💊 Medicinal use documented
Documented compounds6 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
LIGNIN
present
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MUCILAGE
present
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MYRICIN
present
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SPIGELEINE
present
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SPIGELINE
present
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TANNIN
present
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05DNA & barcoding2 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Spigelia marilandica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences2
eDNA detections2
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcL1★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSpigelia marilandica carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 784≤1 km 468≤10 km 246>10 km 587
4 085 georeferenced · 767 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 852
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy39% within 1 km
≤100 m 28≤1 km 59≤10 km 100>10 km 34
221 georeferenced · 252 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence473
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions46 of 68 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Jackson, US
42
Saint Louis, US
40
Bronx, US
32
Tuscaloosa, US
30
Wuzhou, CN
24
Knoxville, US
24
Columbia, US
18
GAlocation not on record
16
Bangkok, TH
15
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
12
Bloomington, US
12
Fayetteville, US
11
Fort Worth, US
10
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
10
US
10
BAYLUlocation not on record
9
St. Paul, US
8
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
8
Philadelphia, US
8
Mississippi State, US
7
Austin, US
7
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
7
AUAlocation not on record
6
Chapel Hill, US
6
Tampa, US
6
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
Conway, US
5
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
5
DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record
4
Miami, US
4
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
4
Little Rock, US
4
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
4
San Angelo, US
4
Burlington, US
4
Clemson, US
3
Edmonton, CA
3
Logan, US
3
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Chadron, US
2
Johnson City, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Conway, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Phoenix, US
1
Beijing, CN
1
Millersville, US
1
Moscow, US
1
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
1
Tulane Universitylocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
1
Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Williamsburg, US
1
Ypsilanti, US
1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
Emporia, US
1
Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record
1
Tempe, US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Dekalb, US
1
68 institutions · 468 of 473 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Spigelia marilandica was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 325 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗