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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stylisma angustifolia
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Narrowleaf Dawnflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma patens ssp. angustifolia
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-004b:
Bonamia patens var. angustifolia
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Convolvulaceae in the southeastern US (Wilson, 1960)
Bonamia angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Stylisma patens var. angustifolia
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Dawnflower
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_spatens_angustifolia7
June Richmond County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_spatens_angustifolia3
August Richmond County NC
Dawnflowers are diminuitive relatives of familiar morning glories (Ipomoea), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_spatensangustifolia3b
August Richmond County NC
Leaves pubescent, linear to narrowly lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_spatensangustifolia3c
August Richmond County NC
Similar to S. patens and occurring in the same habitats, but calyx glabrous, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stylisma angustifolia
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma patens ssp. angustifolia
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-004b:
Bonamia patens var. angustifolia
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Convolvulaceae in the southeastern US (Wilson, 1960)
Bonamia angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Stylisma patens var. angustifolia
2553
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in NC-SC)
Look for it in sandhills, 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
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-merous or rarely 4-merous
5 sepals
5-lobed campanulate to funnelform corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p123?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p237
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p156?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p071
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p055