A native species of wildflower belonging to the Asteraceae family only lives in the floodplains of the Illinois River in Illinois; in other words, it is native to only this one area of habitat. This species is ________ to this geographic area.
A) restricted
B) endemic
C) confined
D) limited

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Endemic means that a species is restricted to a particular geographic area and is not found anywhere else. Therefore, the best choice for this scenario would be "endemic". The other choices all imply some sort of restriction or limitation, but "endemic" specifically refers to the unique geographic distribution of a species.

A Native Species of Wildflower Belonging to the Asteraceae Family