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Read more about Amsonia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-01-001:
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Bluestar, Blue Dogbane, Wideleaf Bluestar
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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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JK Marlow jkm180408_1091
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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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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JK Marlow jkm200411_3752
April Greenville County SC
This plant has milky sap, which is characteristic of Apocynaceae, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3754
April Greenville County SC
Flowers with 5 narrow spreading blue petals, in a crowded terminal cluster, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3758
April Greenville County SC
Corolla tube distally pubescent externally, lanose internally, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm200414_3789
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3850
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200418_3927
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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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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 jkm200502_4506
May Greenville County SC
Notice the curves of these panicle branches. Are they always this graceful?
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JK Marlow jkm200502_4510
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200502_4516
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4752
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190604_08945
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_8941
June Greenville County SC
In summer its interesting architecture, with leaves only on the outer side ...
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8947
June Greenville County SC
...of curving branches, has been a helpful ID character for me. Is it reliable?
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7331
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve