OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Dioscoreales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Burmannia biflora   FAMILY Burmanniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Burmannia biflora   FAMILY Burmanniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Burmannia biflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 048-01-001:

Burmannia biflora   FAMILY Burmanniaceae

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

Burmannia biflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Violet Burmannia, Northern Bluethread, Blue Burmannia


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image of Burmannia biflora, Violet Burmannia, Northern Bluethread, Blue Burmannia

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_bubi_001_lvd

        

image of Burmannia biflora, Violet Burmannia, Northern Bluethread, Blue Burmannia

Keith Bradley    kab_b_biflora_70181

October    Marion County    FL

Ocala National Forest

Corolla blue with a whitish tip, 3-6mm long & wide, and 3-winged, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Burmannia biflora, Violet Burmannia, Northern Bluethread, Blue Burmannia

Keith Bradley    kab_b_biflora_70190

October    Marion County    FL

Ocala National Forest

A slender almost thread-like stem that grows only to ~ 3-4", with a few tiny scale-like leaves, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Burmannia biflora   FAMILY Burmanniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Burmannia biflora   FAMILY Burmanniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Burmannia biflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 048-01-001:
Burmannia biflora   FAMILY Burmanniaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2992

Forb
Annual

Habitat: pine savannas, bogs, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, scale-like

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Violet-blue
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
Petals absent or of 3 segments
3 stamens, inserted on the calyx tube
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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