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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stylisma humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-003:
Bonamia humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3851
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stylisma humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-003:
Bonamia humistrata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
2999
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Sandhills, dry hammocks, and other dry woodlands, especially on dryish stream terraces, per Weakley's Flora
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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 p123
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p281
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p137
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p117
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p071