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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amsonia ludoviciana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ludoviciana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
COMMON NAME:
Louisiana Bluestar
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amsonia ludoviciana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ludoviciana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
80
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare, endemic to GA, MS, LA
Look for it in open woodlands around outcrops of Lithonia granitic gneiss {other habitats}, 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.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate to nearly opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Bluish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Sepals minute
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Paired follicles
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!