Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Froelichia floridana
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Florida Cottonweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Froelichia floridana var. floridana
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Froelichia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-05-001:
Froelichia floridana
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Froelichia floridana
COMMON NAME:
Florida Cottonweed, Florida Cottonseed
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JK Marlow jkm091017_029
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm091017_031
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm091017_033
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm091017_078
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm091017_081
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
Leaves opposite, entire, lanceolate to oblanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm091017_094
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
Fruiting spike 10-12mm in diameter. Fresh fruiting spikes appearing white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm091017_099
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
Plant stiffly erect, 10-15dm tall [about 3.5-5'] per VFC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Froelichia floridana
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Froelichia floridana var. floridana
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Froelichia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-05-001:
Froelichia floridana
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Froelichia floridana
3007
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in NC)
Look for it in sandhills, sandy fields, sandy roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bisexual
5-parted tubular calyx
Petals absent
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p211
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p156
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p006
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p320