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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma humistrata   FAMILY Convolvulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma humistrata   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

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

Stylisma humistrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-003:

Bonamia humistrata   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Breweria humistrata

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

Stylisma humistrata

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Dawnflower


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image of Stylisma humistrata, Southern Dawnflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sthu2_001_lvd

        

image of Stylisma humistrata, Southern Dawnflower

Frank Bridges    fab_stylisma_1

July    Cobb County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

image of Stylisma humistrata, Southern Dawnflower

Frank Bridges    fab_stylisma_1b

July    Cobb County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Leaves elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, mucronate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Stylisma humistrata, Southern Dawnflower

Frank Bridges    fab_stylisma_1c

July    Cobb County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Flwrs mostly in clusters of 2-3 in leaf axils. Sepals without hairs on back, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Stylisma humistrata, Southern Dawnflower

Frank Bridges    fab_stylisma_2

July    Cobb County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

image of Stylisma humistrata, Southern Dawnflower

JK Marlow    jkm180814_3848

August    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Leaves subcordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Stylisma humistrata, Southern Dawnflower

JK Marlow    jkm180814_3851

August    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma humistrata   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma humistrata   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-003:
Bonamia humistrata   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Breweria humistrata

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

 

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2999

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Sandhills, dry hammocks, and other dry woodlands, especially on dryish stream terraces, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
White
5-merous or rarely 4-merous
5 sepals
5-lobed campanulate to funnelform corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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