OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Zygophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Kallstroemia maxima   FAMILY Zygophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kallstroemia maxima   FAMILY Zygophyllaceae

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

Kallstroemia maxima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Kallstroemia maxima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 102-02-001:

Kallstroemia maxima   FAMILY Zygophyllaceae

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

Kallstroemia maxima

 

COMMON NAME:
Greater Caltrop


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June    Miami-Dade County    FL

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July    Miami-Dade County    FL

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July    Miami-Dade County    FL

Leaves even-pinnately compound, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

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July    Miami-Dade County    FL

The flower morphology is similar to Tribulus, per Wikipedia.

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July    Miami-Dade County    FL

Similar to Tribulus but w unarmed fruit, 10-12 locular ovary, 1-seeded carpels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Kallstroemia maxima   FAMILY Zygophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kallstroemia maxima   FAMILY Zygophyllaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Kallstroemia maxima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 102-02-001:
Kallstroemia maxima   FAMILY Zygophyllaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3979

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, dunes; native status uncertain, probably native in FL peninsula, but probably early introduced in more northern parts of our area from the Neotropics, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native? probably early introduced from the Neotropics, possibly via ballast

Waif(s)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Fruit tuberculate or rugose, but not spiny

LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound
Opposite

FLOWER:
Yellow or pale orange
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens

Flowers in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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