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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Southern Dawnflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stylisma humistrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-003:
Bonamia humistrata FAMILY Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Breweria humistrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylisma humistrata
COMMON NAME:
Southern Dawnflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sthu2_001_lvd
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Frank Bridges fab_stylisma_1
July Cobb County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
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Frank Bridges fab_stylisma_1b
July Cobb County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Leaves elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, mucronate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Frank Bridges fab_stylisma_1c
July Cobb County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Flwrs mostly in clusters of 2-3 in leaf axils. Sepals without hairs on back, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Frank Bridges fab_stylisma_2
July Cobb County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3848
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Leaves subcordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3851
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stylisma humistrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-003:
Bonamia humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Breweria humistrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylisma humistrata
2999
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Sandhills, dry hammocks, and other dry woodlands, especially on dryish stream terraces, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont)
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
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer
White
5-merous or rarely 4-merous
5 sepals
5-lobed campanulate to funnelform corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
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) p281
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p336
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p137
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p117
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p071
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p161
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