Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Read more about Stylisma at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This rare species is easily recognizable by its growth form, with numerous stems arching from a central point, then trailing radially away, forming a mound 1-2 meters in diameter. The narrowly linear leaves are borne vertically, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-001:
Bonamia pickeringii FAMILY Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Breweria pickeringii
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylisma pickeringii
COMMON NAME:
Pickering's Dawnflower
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_pickeringii_pick6
June Scotland County NC
Leaves are linear and oriented vertically, to 5.5cm long x 3mm wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_pickeringii_pick6b
June Scotland County NC
One to three flowers grow on erect slender stalks from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_pickeringii_pick7
June Scotland County NC
Long skinny stems radiate like a huge pinwheel - nothing looks quite like it, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-001:
Bonamia pickeringii
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Breweria pickeringii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylisma pickeringii