OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buchnera floridana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buchnera americana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Buchnera floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Buchnera floridana

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Buchnera americana

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Buchnera longifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-21-002:

Buchnera floridana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Buchnera breviflora

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Buchnera elongata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Buchnera floridana

 

COMMON NAME:
Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera


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image of Buchnera floridana, Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_buam_001_lvd

        

image of Buchnera floridana, Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera

Keith Bradley    kab_b_floridana_08581

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

Camp Owaissa Bauer

Calyx tube 3.5-5mm, lobes 1mm or less. Corolla tube 8-10mm, lobes 4-5mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Buchnera floridana, Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera

Keith Bradley    kab_b_floridana_08589

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

Camp Owaissa Bauer

Flowers in a raceme, on stalks only 1mm long. Calyx with short white hairs, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Buchnera floridana, Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera

Keith Bradley    kab_b_floridana_08608

April    Miami-Dade County    FL

Camp Owaissa Bauer

image of Buchnera floridana, Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera

JK Marlow    jkm0505q_11

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Flowers tubular below, spreading at apex into 5 petals, borne in a spike, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Buchnera floridana, Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbfloridana_scotts1

May    Williamsburg County    SC

image of Buchnera floridana, Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_b_floridana_4

July        

image of Buchnera floridana, Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_buchnera_floridana_6

July        

Flower tubes usually less than 3/8" long (vs. longer in B. americana), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Buchnera floridana, Savanna Bluehearts, Florida Bluehearts, Buchnera

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbfloridana_183

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buchnera floridana   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buchnera americana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Buchnera floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Buchnera floridana

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Buchnera americana

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Buchnera longifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-21-002:
Buchnera floridana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Buchnera breviflora

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Buchnera elongata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Buchnera floridana

 

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1942

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, flatwoods, seepage bogs, sandy roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-violet/ White
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx with cylindrical tube
5-lobed subsalverform corolla
4 fertile included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence an open spike

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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