OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Froelichia gracilis   FAMILY Amaranthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Froelichia gracilis   FAMILY Amaranthaceae

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

Froelichia gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Froelichia gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)

Froelichia braunii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-05-002:

Froelichia gracilis   FAMILY Amaranthaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Cottonweed


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image of Froelichia gracilis, Slender Cottonweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_frgr3_001_lvd

        

image of Froelichia gracilis, Slender Cottonweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm61210_184

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Fruiting spike 7-8mm in diameter. Fresh fruiting spikes appearing gray, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Froelichia gracilis, Slender Cottonweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm6610_66

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Froelichia gracilis, Slender Cottonweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm71710_197

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Plant 2-7dm [about 8-28"] tall, branching from the base, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Froelichia gracilis, Slender Cottonweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm7210_132

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Plant radiately branched from the base. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Froelichia gracilis, Slender Cottonweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm72410_70

July    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Froelichia gracilis, Slender Cottonweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm9410_410

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Froelichia gracilis, Slender Cottonweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm102309_126

October    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Froelichia gracilis   FAMILY Amaranthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Froelichia gracilis   FAMILY Amaranthaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Froelichia gracilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Froelichia braunii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-05-002:
Froelichia gracilis   FAMILY Amaranthaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3482

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Dry soils; eastwards adventive in vacant lots, sandy fields, railroad banks, per Weakley's Flora

Native: Midwest US

Rare

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
5-parted tubular calyx
Petals absent
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Gray
Utricle

 

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