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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Branched Foldwing at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-04-001:
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
COMMON NAME:
Branched Foldwing, Dicliptera
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_dibr2_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dibr6_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_brachiata
September
0.6" long, tubular, deeply 2-lipped corolla with leaf-like bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm161028_036
October Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm161028_037
October Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Flowers borne in axillary clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm161028_039
October Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Leaves ovate, ovate or lanceolate-ovate, acuminate tips, slender petioles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-04-001:
Dicliptera brachiata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
3619
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in bottomland forests, 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
Tan, purplish, pink, lavender
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
Slightly 2-lipped, 5-lobed funnelform corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p319
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p294