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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amsonia rigida
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia rigida
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
COMMON NAME:
Stiff Bluestar, Pond Bluestar, Marsh Bluestar
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May Calhoun County GA
Stem & leaves glabrous; lvs elliptic, lower & upper mostly 3-5x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amsonia rigida
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia rigida
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
81
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Uncommon in GA
Look for it in seasonally flooded depression wetlands and moist pinelands, 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.
...Wet
...Moist
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate to nearly opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Purplish-blue
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!