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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicliptera brachiata   FAMILY Acanthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicliptera brachiata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

Dicliptera brachiata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-04-001:

Dicliptera brachiata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

Diapedium brachiatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Branched Foldwing, Dicliptera


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image of Dicliptera brachiata, Branched Foldwing, Dicliptera

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_dibr2_002_lvd

        

image of Dicliptera brachiata, Branched Foldwing, Dicliptera

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_dibr6_001_lvd

        

image of Dicliptera brachiata, Branched Foldwing, Dicliptera

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_brachiata

September        

0.6" long, tubular, deeply 2-lipped corolla with leaf-like bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Dicliptera brachiata, Branched Foldwing, Dicliptera

JK Marlow    jkm161028_036

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Dicliptera brachiata, Branched Foldwing, Dicliptera

JK Marlow    jkm161028_037

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Flowers borne in axillary clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Dicliptera brachiata, Branched Foldwing, Dicliptera

JK Marlow    jkm161028_039

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Leaves ovate, ovate or lanceolate-ovate, acuminate tips, slender petioles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicliptera brachiata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicliptera brachiata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-04-001:
Dicliptera brachiata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3619

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in GA Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tan, purplish, pink, lavender
5-lobed calyx
Slightly 2-lipped, 5-lobed funnelform corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axillary clusters

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule

 

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