NameThatPlant.net: Mitreola petiolata

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola petiolata FAMILY Loganiaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Caribbean Miterwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola petiolata FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-03-002:

Cynoctonum mitreola FAMILY Loganiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Caribbean Miterwort, Lax Hornpod

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola petiolata FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola petiolata FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-03-002:
Cynoctonum mitreola FAMILY Loganiaceae

2701

Forb
Annual

Habitat: swamps, marshes, ditches, seepage areas on calcareous glades, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 3-15mm long
Margins entire
Plants glabrous or essentially glabrous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
4-5 lobed corolla
4-5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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