Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Santalales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Comandra umbellata var. umbellata
FAMILY
Santalaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Bastard Toadflax from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Comandra at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata
FAMILY
Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Comandra umbellata var. umbellata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 060-01-001:
Comandra umbellata FAMILY Santalaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Comandra richardsiana
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Comandra umbellata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Comandra umbellata
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Bastard-toadflax, Eastern Comandra, Star-toadflax
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_comandra_umbellata3
May Moore County NC
Plant parasitic, but contains chlorophyll. Leaves elliptic, to 1.25" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_comandra_umbellata3b
May Moore County NC
Perianth consists of a cuplike calyx w 5 spreading white lobes (no petals), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869845985121
July Hoke County NC
Hemiparasite. Distinctive pale color and distinctive reduction in leaf size upwards. — Alan Weakley
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Comandra umbellata var. umbellata
FAMILY
Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata
FAMILY
Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Comandra umbellata var. umbellata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 060-01-001:
Comandra umbellata
FAMILY
Santalaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Comandra richardsiana
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Comandra umbellata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Comandra umbellata
2836
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, woodland borders, glades, usually in acidic soils and most common in oak/heath forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5 petaloid sepals
Petals absent
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p091
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p061
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p156
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p192
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p030
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