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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
FAMILY
Phyllanthaceae
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)
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Leaf-flower
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_p_caroliniensis3
October Moore County NC
Leaves uniformly distributed on stem and branches, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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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 (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)
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
4249
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Mountains)
Look for it on roadsides, in moist woodlands, forests, and fields, often in seasonally wet, muddy places, 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.
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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