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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
FAMILY
Phyllanthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Leaf-flower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Phyllanthus caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Phyllanthus carolinensis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-10-001:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Leaf-flower
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JK Marlow jkm220906_9699
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220906_9702
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220906_9706
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Leaves uniformly distributed on stem and branches, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm220906_9707
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220906_9708
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Leaf venation clearly visible on the lower surface (vs. obscure on P. saxicola), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_p_caroliniensis3
October Moore County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_p_caroliniensis3b
October Moore County NC
Flowers produced on ultimate and penultimate orders of branches, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_p_caroliniensis3c
October Moore County NC
Stems terete; branches not deciduous; leaves arranged distichously, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
FAMILY
Phyllanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Phyllanthus caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Phyllanthus carolinensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-10-001:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
4249
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Roadsides, moist woodlands, forests, and fields, often in seasonally wet, muddy places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (leaves all well-developed)
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Not rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
yellowish-green or green
Unisexual
(5)6(7) sepals
Petals absent
3 stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Capsule
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