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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Read more about Mecardonia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-06-001:
Mecardonia acuminata FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Bacopa acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
COMMON NAME:
Mecardonia, Common Axilflower
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_acuminata_cropped_s
September
Corolla white, with purple veins. The long, ascending pedicels are distinctive, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_acuminata_s2
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_acuminata_s2b
September
Leaves oblanceolate, serrate above the middle, about 1.5" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_m_acuminata_s2c
September
Sepals lanceolate, nearly equal in length, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-06-001:
Mecardonia acuminata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Bacopa acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
2286
Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, ditches, wet pine savannas, bottomland forests, wet disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
(with purple lines)
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular to narrowly campanulate corolla
4 fertile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p079
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p330
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p242
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p286
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p181
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