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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Centunculus minimus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anagallis minima
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia minima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Anagallis minima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anagallis 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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cemi_001_lvd
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Centunculus minimus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anagallis minima
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lysimachia minima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Anagallis minima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anagallis 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
Habitat: Ditches, wet disturbed areas, pine savannas, pond margins, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
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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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