Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Piriqueta caroliniana var. caroliniana
FAMILY
Passifloraceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Piriqueta cistoides ssp. caroliniana
FAMILY
Turneraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 125-01-001:
Piriqueta caroliniana
FAMILY
Turneraceae
COMMON NAME:
Piriqueta, Pitted Stripeseed
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_caroliniana_2
July
In some flowers, stamens are longer than the pistil, vice versa in others, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_caroliniana_cropped
July
Flowers remain open only on sunny days, and petals fall off easily, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.