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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buchnera americana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buchnera americana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Buchnera americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Buchnera americana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Buchnera americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-21-001:

Buchnera americana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Buchnera americana

 

COMMON NAME:
American Bluehearts, Prairie Bluehearts, Plains Bluehearts, Buchnera


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image of Buchnera americana, American Bluehearts, Prairie Bluehearts, Plains Bluehearts, Buchnera

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_buchnera_americana

July        

Flower tubes longer than 3/8" (whereas those of B. floridana usually less), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Buchnera americana, American Bluehearts, Prairie Bluehearts, Plains Bluehearts, Buchnera

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_buchnera_americana_1

August        

Corolla lobes longer 5-8mm long (vs. those of B. floridana less than 5mm), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Buchnera americana, American Bluehearts, Prairie Bluehearts, Plains Bluehearts, Buchnera

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_buchnera_americana_2

September        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buchnera americana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buchnera americana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Buchnera americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Buchnera americana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Buchnera americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-21-001:
Buchnera americana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Buchnera americana

 

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3130

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry (seasonally moist) rocky, gravelly, or clayey soil of limestone glades, glades over mafic rock (such as diabase, gabbro, etc.), sand prairies, wet meadows, sandy roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare (historically in NC Piedmont, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx with cylindrical tube
5-lobed subsalverform corolla
4 fertile included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence an open spike

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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