Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Stylisma patens
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Coastal Plain Dawnflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma patens ssp. patens
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-004a:
Bonamia patens var. patens
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Stylisma patens var. patens
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Dawnflower, Sandhill Morning Glory, Coastal Plain Dawnflower, Common Dawnflower
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Will Stuart wil_stylisma_patens_102
July Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Its narrow elliptic leaves parallel the forest floor. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_stylisma_patens_114
July Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Dawnflowers are diminuitive relatives of familiar morning glories (Ipomoea), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Stylisma patens
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma patens ssp. patens
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-004a:
Bonamia patens var. patens
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Stylisma patens var. patens
3079
Herbaceous vine (trailing)
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (an endemic)
Look for it in sandhills and other relatively dry sandy areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White
5-merous
5 sepals
5-lobed campanulate to funnelform corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in leaf axils, solitary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p123
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p118
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p156
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p071
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p055