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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Centunculus minimus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anagallis minima
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Centunculus minimus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Lysimachia minima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-04-001:
Centunculus minimus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Centunculus minimus
COMMON NAME:
Chaffweed, False-pimpernel
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Keith Bradley kab_l_minima_9932
March Glades County FL
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area
Glabrous, 0.3-1.5dm tall, freely branched near decumbent base. Lvs 3-7mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Centunculus minimus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anagallis minima
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Centunculus minimus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Lysimachia minima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-04-001:
Centunculus minimus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Centunculus minimus
3991
Forb
Winter annual
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
Look for it in ditches, wet disturbed areas, savannas, pond margins, 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 (lower leaves sometimes opposite)
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
or pink
Flowers are almost sessile.
Radially symmetrical
4-5 lobed calyx
4-5 lobed salverform (almost rotate) to slightly campanulate corolla
(4-)5 stamens
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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