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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Triosteum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Triosteum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triosteum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-04-002:
Triosteum aurantiacum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Triosteum perfoliatum var. aurantiacum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Triosteum aurantiacum
COMMON NAME:
Orange-fruited Horse-gentian
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JK Marlow jkm160421_357
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_361
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_393
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Dan Whitten sdw_horsegentian
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtaurantiacum_wos1
May Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flowers purplish-red, tubular, 0.6-0.8" long, with 5 unequal lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtaurantiacum_wos2
May Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Most the stem hairs 1-2mm long, mostly not gland-tipped, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtaurantiacum_wos5
May Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves predominantly not connate (or 1-3 pr connate & only 1-2cm wide at join), per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_aurantiac_orangfrt5
May
Style equaling or slightly shorter than the corolla (rarely exserted), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_aurantiacum_6
May
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JK Marlow jkm111008_886
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Leaves widest near the base; leaf bases not joined, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Triosteum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triosteum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-04-002:
Triosteum aurantiacum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Triosteum perfoliatum var. aurantiacum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Triosteum aurantiacum
1889
Forb
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in SC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC
Look for it in woodlands and forests in circumneutral soils, particularly those over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Red/Brownish-red
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed tubular corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p078
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p101
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p268
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p311
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p167