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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stylisma aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Water Dawnflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-002:
Bonamia aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Water Dawnflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_staq3_001_lvd
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Alicia Jackson agj_0410_saquatica_sgl15
June Richmond County NC
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Alicia Jackson agj_0410_saquatica_sgl15b
June Richmond County NC
Leaves densely and conspicuously silvery-sericeous, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Alicia Jackson agj_1853
June Brunswick County NC
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Alicia Jackson agj_1853b
June Brunswick County NC
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Alicia Jackson agj_1854
June Brunswick County NC
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Alicia Jackson agj_1854b
June Brunswick County NC
Leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, about 1-1.5" long and 1/3 as wide, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Stylisma aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-002:
Bonamia aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
3078
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine savannas, margins of pineland ponds, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Pink/ Purplish
5-merous
5 sepals
5-lobed campanulate to funnelform corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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