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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Mitreola petiolata
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum mitreola
COMMON NAME:
Caribbean Miterwort, Lax Hornpod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cymi_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_m_petiolata_0340
May Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mitreola_petiolata_2
August
Inflorescence is a secund (one-sided) cyme terminating the stem & branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmpetiolata_dogswamp2
Month Unknown Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaves 2-8cm long, petiolate or subsessile and tapering to a cuneate base, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum mitreola
2701
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC-SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Habitat: swamps, marshes, ditches, seepage areas on calcareous glades, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 3-15mm long
Margins entire
Plants glabrous or essentially glabrous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
4-5 lobed corolla
4-5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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