Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Froelichia gracilis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Slender Cottonweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Froelichia gracilis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Froelichia gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-05-002:
Froelichia gracilis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
COMMON NAME:
Slender Cottonweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_frgr3_001_lvd
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Roxanna Martin rlm61210_184
June Spartanburg County SC
Fruiting spike 7-8mm in diameter. Fresh fruiting spikes appearing gray, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm6610_66
June Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm71710_197
July Spartanburg County SC
Plant 2-7dm [about 8-28"] tall, branching from the base, per Weakley's Flora.
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Roxanna Martin rlm7210_132
July Spartanburg County SC
Plant radiately branched from the base. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm72410_70
July Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9410_410
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm102309_126
October Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Froelichia gracilis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Froelichia gracilis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Froelichia gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-05-002:
Froelichia gracilis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
3482
Forb
Annual
Native: Midwest US
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in vacant lots, sandy fields, railroad banks, 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
Gray
Utricle
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