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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Queen's-delight is unique in several ways and easy to identify. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Stillingia sylvatica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stillingia sylvatica ssp. sylvatica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-07-001:
Stillingia sylvatica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Stillingia sylvatica var. sylvatica
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Stillingia angustifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Stillingia spathulata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Stillingia sylvatica
COMMON NAME:
Queen's-delight
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Will Stuart wil_526235113_94d2b3770f
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Stem stout, hairless, round in cross-section, light green w a reddish tinge, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Will Stuart wil_9067823536_39a3590e3c
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Male flowers in a terminal spike, female flowers few and at its base, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Will Stuart wil_9067826678_3173056b10
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Will Stuart wil_9065557563_e4aaa3d160
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaves alternately spiraling, hairless, with light green midvein, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Will Stuart wil9065557563_da99a7af1cc
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaves elliptic, finely crenate, the teeth with pointed callous spicules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Will Stuart wil9065557563_da99a7af1cd
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Fruit a woody capsule (the male-flower portion of the spike is deciduous), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.