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

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Turneraceae
Piriqueta caroliniana var. caroliniana

LESS THAN
PLANTS National Database: Turneraceae
Piriqueta cistoides ssp. caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Turneraceae
125-01-001
Piriqueta caroliniana

Common Name:
Piriqueta

Forb
Perennial

Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon
Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Look for it in longleaf pine sandhills, sandy soils of roadsides, woodland edges, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Orange-yellow
5-parted calyx
5 petals
5 stamens

Fruit:
Spring/Summer/Fall

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p280
 Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p204
 Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p155




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