OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola petiolata   FAMILY Loganiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola petiolata   FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Mitreola petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Mitreola petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Mitreola petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-03-002:

Cynoctonum mitreola   FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cynoctonum mitreola

 

COMMON NAME:
Caribbean Miterwort, Lax Hornpod


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Mitreola petiolata, Caribbean Miterwort, Lax Hornpod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cymi_001_lvd

        

image of Mitreola petiolata, Caribbean Miterwort, Lax Hornpod

Keith Bradley    kab_m_petiolata_0340

May    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

image of Mitreola petiolata, Caribbean Miterwort, Lax Hornpod

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_mitreola_petiolata_2

August        

Inflorescence is a secund (one-sided) cyme terminating the stem & branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Mitreola petiolata, Caribbean Miterwort, Lax Hornpod

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmpetiolata_dogswamp2

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Leaves 2-8cm long, petiolate or subsessile and tapering to a cuneate base, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola petiolata   FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola petiolata   FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mitreola petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Mitreola petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mitreola petiolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-03-002:
Cynoctonum mitreola   FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum mitreola

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2701

Forb
Annual

Habitat: swamps, marshes, ditches, seepage areas on calcareous glades, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 3-15mm long
Margins entire
Plants glabrous or essentially glabrous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
4-5 lobed corolla
4-5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: