Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

1451
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Loganiaceae
Spigelia marilandica

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Loganiaceae
Spigelia marilandica

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Loganiaceae
154-02-001
Spigelia marilandica

Common Name:
Indian Pink, Woodland Pinkroot, Wormgrass

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in woodlands & forests, usually on circumneutral soils, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist ...Variable

Leaves:
Simple
Opposite

Flower:
Spring/Summer
Red outside/Greenish-yellow inside
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens

Fruit:
Summer

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p205
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p144
All About SC Wildflowers p266
Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p219
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p176
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p086
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p148
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p123
Wildflowers of Tennessee p184
Wildflowers of the Eastern US p063




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June

 

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June

 

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June
Oconee County SC

The 5 lobes of the corolla spread to create a yellow star, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.

 

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June
Oconee County SC

 

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June
Cherokee County NC

 

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July
Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum

 

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July
Oconee County SC

 

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July
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

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July
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

"One of my students told me that every time she learns the name of a plant, she feels as if she is meeting someone new. Giving a name to something is a way of knowing it." — Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods, quoting Elaine Brooks