81

Forb
Perennial
Has milky sap (latex)

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

To see a detailed map, click here

 

...Wet ...Moist

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!

• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p148
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p066

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amsonia rigida   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia rigida   FAMILY Apocynaceae