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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Read more about Stylisma at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This rare species is easily recognizable by its growth form, with numerous stems arching from a central point, then trailing radially away, forming a mound 1-2 meters in diameter. The narrowly linear leaves are borne vertically, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-001:
Bonamia pickeringii FAMILY Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Breweria pickeringii
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylisma pickeringii
COMMON NAME:
Pickering's Dawnflower
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_pickeringii_pick6
June Scotland County NC
Leaves are linear and oriented vertically, to 5.5cm long x 3mm wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_pickeringii_pick6b
June Scotland County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_pickeringii_pick7
June Scotland County NC
Long skinny stems radiate like a huge pinwheel - nothing looks quite like it, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869843905069
July Hoke County NC
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869844385081
July Hoke County NC
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869844665088
July Hoke County NC
One to three flowers grow on erect slender stalks from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-001:
Bonamia pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Breweria pickeringii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylisma pickeringii
2560
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, usually in the driest, most barren, deep-sand areas, occasionally colonizing dry, disturbed areas in sandhills, such as sandy roadbanks, known from the Fall-line Sandhills, aeolian rims of Carolina bays, and sandhills on relict riverine dunes along Coastal Plain rivers, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
5-merous or rarely 4-merous
5 sepals
5-lobed campanulate to funnelform corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p123
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p238
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p304
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p387
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p105
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