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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
GREATER THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
GREATER THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 156-01-001:
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
GREATER THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968)
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
COMMON NAME:
Wideleaf Bluestar, Blue Dogbane
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_amam8_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120330_198
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_tabernaemontana_4
March
Flowers with 5 narrow spreading blue petals, in a crowded terminal cluster, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm090412_240
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
This plant has milky sap, which is characteristic of Apocynaceae, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm090419_070
April Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1091
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Leaves 3-6" long, elliptic to ovate, with narrowed tips and a dull surface, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1091b
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
The sepals are deltoid and minute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_tabernaemonta_3808
April Richland County SC
W. Gordon Belser Arboretum
This tall smooth plant has alternate leaves, which is unusual in Apocynaceae, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8941
June Greenville County SC
Leaf arrangement seems distinctive, but doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere...
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8945
June Greenville County SC
Fruits are paired, erect, linear follicles 2-4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8947
June Greenville County SC