3139

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines). Drawdown zones of depression ponds such as Carolina bays or limesink ponds (dolines), Pond-cypress savannas and depression meadows; farther south (especially in FL) in wet pine flatwoods, dome swamps, hammock edges, pond and lake margins, pine savannas, ditches, and moist roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/ Purplish
4-merous
4 petals
8 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p094
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p401
• Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p295
• Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p354
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p055