991

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon in NC (but common in NC Mtns), rare in GA-SC (but uncommon in GA Mtns)

Look for it in a wide diversity of forests, per Weakley's Flora

To see a detailed map, click here

 

...Moist

LEAVES:

FLOWER:
Spring
Whitish
5-lobed cupulate-to-campanulate calyx
5-lobed tubular-salverform corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p067
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p182
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p172
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p094
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p232
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p251
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p294
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p162

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Aphyllon uniflorum   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orobanche uniflora   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 169-03-001:
Orobanche uniflora   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thalesia uniflora