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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-001:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
COMMON NAME:
Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dyob_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdoblongifo_ditchpond1b
April-May? Aiken County SC
Flowers axillary, bluish-purple with dark spots, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdoblongifo_ditchpond1c
April-May? Aiken County SC
Calyx pubescent, 15-20mm long, lobes linear-aristate [awn- or bristle-tipped], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090522_009
May Bamberg County SC
Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay
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JK Marlow jkm090522_010
May Bamberg County SC
Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdoblongifolia_laurens
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_oblongifolia
July
Stem pilose. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, ciliate, sessile or subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-001:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
2429
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont)
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, and longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed (somewhat 2-lipped) funnelform corolla
4 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Everglades Wildflowers p019
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p254
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p096