Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Stipulicida setacea
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stipulicida setacea var. setacea
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stipulicida setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Stipulicida setacea var. setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stipulicida setacea var. setacea
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-04-001:
Stipulicida setacea FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stipulicida filiformis
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stipulicida setacea
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Wireplant, Pineland Scaly-pink
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Dichotomously branched, smooth wiry annual or short-lived perennial, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Stipulicida setacea
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stipulicida setacea var. setacea
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stipulicida setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Stipulicida setacea var. setacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Stipulicida setacea var. setacea
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-04-001:
Stipulicida setacea
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stipulicida filiformis
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stipulicida setacea
2565
Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial
Habitat: Xeric sands of longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, maritime forests, very dry clayey roadbanks in the outer Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & mostly opposite, bractlike, stem leaves
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
3-5 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p237
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p297
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p160
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p154
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p105
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