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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-001:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia FAMILY Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-001:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
2429
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, and longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed (somewhat 2-lipped) funnelform corolla
4 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Everglades Wildflowers (Hammer, 2002, 2015) p019
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p254
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p359
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p096
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p020
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