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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-23-002:

Seymeria pectinata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Afzelia pectinata ssp. pectinata

 

COMMON NAME:
Comb Seymeria, Combleaf Black-senna, Yaupon Black-senna, Florida Black-senna


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image of Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata, Comb Seymeria, Combleaf Black-senna, Yaupon Black-senna, Florida Black-senna

Keith Bradley    kab_s_pectinata_12743

June    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Corolla of S. pectinata is pubescent externally [vs. S. cassinoides' glabrous], per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata, Comb Seymeria, Combleaf Black-senna, Yaupon Black-senna, Florida Black-senna

Keith Bradley    kab_s_pectinata_12743b

June    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Pubescence of stem long, reflexed [vs. ssp. peninsularis short, ascending], per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata, Comb Seymeria, Combleaf Black-senna, Yaupon Black-senna, Florida Black-senna

Keith Bradley    kab_s_pectinata_12750

June    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Stem of S. pectinata is pubescent [vs. S. cassinoides' glabrous or puberulent], per Weakley's Flora (2022).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Seymeria pectinata ssp. pectinata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-23-002:
Seymeria pectinata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Afzelia pectinata ssp. pectinata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4125

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Dry pinelands, longleaf pine sandhills, dry to moist pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont) (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple: Parted or divided into linear segments 1-2mm wide
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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