Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Froelichia campestris
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Froelichia floridana var. campestris
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Froelichia floridana
COMMON NAME:
Plains Cottonseed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_frca7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Froelichia campestris
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Froelichia floridana var. campestris
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Froelichia floridana
3483
Forb
Annual
Native: central & western US
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in sandy fields, other disturbed areas, 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
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