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Queen's-delight is unique in several ways and easy to identify. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stillingia sylvatica ssp. sylvatica   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Stillingia sylvatica

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Stillingia sylvatica

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, 1938)

Stillingia spathulata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

Will Stuart    wil_9067826678_3173056b10

June    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stillingia sylvatica   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stillingia sylvatica ssp. sylvatica   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stillingia sylvatica

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Stillingia sylvatica

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, 1938)
Stillingia spathulata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stillingia sylvatica