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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (11/30/12):
Buchnera americana
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about American Bluehearts at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buchnera americana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-21-001:
Buchnera americana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Bluehearts, Prairie Bluehearts, Plains Bluehearts
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_buchnera_americana
July
Flower tubes longer than 3/8" (whereas those of B. floridana usually less), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_buchnera_americana_1
August
Corolla lobes longer 5-8mm long (vs. those of B. floridana less than 5mm), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_buchnera_americana_2
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (11/30/12):
Buchnera americana
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buchnera americana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-21-001:
Buchnera americana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
3130
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Habitat: Dry (seasonally moist) rocky, gravelly, or clayey soil of limestone glades, glades over mafic rock (such as diabase, gabbro, etc.), sand prairies, wet meadows, sandy roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
Bisexual
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx with cylindrical tube
5-lobed subsalverform corolla
4 fertile included stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence an open spike
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p066
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p092?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p281?