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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Standing-cypress at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Sorrie, Weakley, & Bradley discuss the biogeography, habitats, and nativity of Ipomopsis rubra in the Southeast.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-03-001:
Ipomopsis rubra FAMILY Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gilia rubra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gilia rubra
COMMON NAME:
Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur
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Doug Lockard dlk20180414_6220_glassy
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3111
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3114
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3115
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmi_rubra
August?
A plant "of singular elegance and beauty... erect,... with a strong stem", per Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, ... (Bartram, 1791).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmirubra_2
August?
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Diane Creaton dmc071027_005a
October Pickens County SC
Tubular or funnel-formed flowers...elegantly besprinkled w crimson specks, per Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, ... (Bartram, 1791).
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JK Marlow jkm071020_003
October Pickens County SC
Leaves pinnately divided into linear or filiform, mucronate, segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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JK Marlow jkm071020_004
October Pickens County SC
Corolla salverform, the tube 2-2.5 cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm071020_014
October Pickens County SC
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Tim Spira tpsirubra
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-03-001:
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gilia rubra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gilia rubra
757
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sand rims of Carolina bays, dolomitic glades and woodlands, dunes, dry sandy and rocky woodlands and openings, roadbanks, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Red
(rarely yellow)
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed persistant calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p395
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p375
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p282