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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dyschoriste humistrata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste humistrata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-002:
Dyschoriste humistrata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Twinflower, Swamp Dyschoriste
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_humistrata_sharp
July
Corolla shorter than that of D. oblongifolia (< 12mm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dyschoriste humistrata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste humistrata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-002:
Dyschoriste humistrata
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
3676
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Look for it in bottomland forests, especially on soils over limestone, 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:
Spring
Blue
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed (somewhat 2-lipped) funnelform corolla
4 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Capsule
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