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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrolea corymbosa   FAMILY Hydroleaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrolea corymbosa   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

Hydrolea corymbosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-01-002?:

Hydrolea corymbosa   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

Nama corymbosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Tall Hydrolea, Skyflower


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image of Hydrolea corymbosa, Tall Hydrolea, Skyflower

Keith Bradley    kab_hydrolea_corymbosa

September    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Deep blue flowers with an elongated pistil surrounded by 5 showy stamens, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrolea corymbosa   FAMILY Hydroleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrolea corymbosa   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-01-002?:
Hydrolea corymbosa   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2991

Marginal emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pond cypress savannas, depression meadows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Axillary spines absent or rudimentary

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile
Margins serrate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Deep blue
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted calyx
5 petals
5 exserted stamens, fused to corolla (pollen is orange)
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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