NameThatPlant.net: Mitreola angustifolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola angustifolia FAMILY Loganiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola sessilifolia FAMILY Loganiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Narrow-leaved Miterwort

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola angustifolia FAMILY Loganiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola sessilifolia FAMILY Loganiaceae

4386

Forb
Annual

Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, other Coastal Plain depressional wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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