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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Mitreola angustifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola sessilifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum angustifolium
COMMON NAME:
Narrow-leaved Miterwort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Mitreola angustifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola sessilifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum angustifolium
4386
Forb
Annual
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, other Coastal Plain depressional wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
Plants glabrous or essentially glabrous
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
4-5 lobed corolla
4-5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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