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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola angustifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola sessilifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mitreola angustifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mitreola sessilifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Mitreola angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum angustifolium
COMMON NAME:
Narrow-leaved Miterwort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola angustifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola sessilifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mitreola angustifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mitreola sessilifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Mitreola angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum angustifolium
4386
Forb
Annual
Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, other Coastal Plain depressional wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
Plants glabrous or essentially glabrous
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
4-5 lobed corolla
4-5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule
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