NameThatPlant.net: Stylisma aquatica

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma aquatica FAMILY Convolvulaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Water Dawnflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma aquatica FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-002:

Bonamia aquatica FAMILY Convolvulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Water Dawnflower

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma aquatica FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma aquatica FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-002:
Bonamia aquatica FAMILY Convolvulaceae

3078

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine savannas, margins of pineland ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in NC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Bright pink
5-merous
5 sepals
5-lobed campanulate to funnelform corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

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