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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tillandsia recurvata   FAMILY Bromeliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tillandsia recurvata   FAMILY Bromeliaceae

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

Tillandsia recurvata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Tillandsia recurvata

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

Diaphoranthema recurvata

 

COMMON NAME:
Ball-moss, Bunch-moss


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image of Tillandsia recurvata, Ball-moss, Bunch-moss

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_t_recurvata1_yagul

January    Oaxaca state    Mexico

Plants in dense, more or less spherical clusters, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tillandsia recurvata   FAMILY Bromeliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tillandsia recurvata   FAMILY Bromeliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Tillandsia recurvata

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

 

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4244

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: On tree branches in maritime forests (northwards) or southwards epiphytic in a wide range of situations and also on utility wires and rock faces, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia Coastal Plain (possibly introduced SC)

Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves 2-ranked, gray
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Violet
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence scapose, of (1)2(3) flowers

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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