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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Branched Foldwing at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicliptera brachiata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-04-001:
Dicliptera brachiata FAMILY Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Diapedium brachiatum
COMMON NAME:
Branched Foldwing, Dicliptera
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_dibr2_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dibr6_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_brachiata
September
0.6" long, tubular, deeply 2-lipped corolla with leaf-like bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm161028_036
October Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm161028_037
October Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Flowers borne in axillary clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm161028_039
October Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Leaves ovate, ovate or lanceolate-ovate, acuminate tips, slender petioles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dicliptera brachiata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-04-001:
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Diapedium brachiatum
3619
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in GA Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tan, purplish, pink, lavender
5-lobed calyx
Slightly 2-lipped, 5-lobed funnelform corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p319
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p294
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