OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Phyllanthus caroliniensis   FAMILY Phyllanthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Phyllanthus caroliniensis var. caroliniensis

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Phyllanthus carolinensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-10-001:

Phyllanthus caroliniensis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

Phyllanthus caroliniensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Leaf-flower


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image of Phyllanthus caroliniensis, Carolina Leaf-flower

JK Marlow    jkm220906_9699

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Phyllanthus caroliniensis, Carolina Leaf-flower

JK Marlow    jkm220906_9702

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Phyllanthus caroliniensis, Carolina Leaf-flower

JK Marlow    jkm220906_9706

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaves uniformly distributed on stem and branches, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Phyllanthus caroliniensis, Carolina Leaf-flower

JK Marlow    jkm220906_9707

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Phyllanthus caroliniensis, Carolina Leaf-flower

JK Marlow    jkm220906_9708

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaf venation clearly visible on the lower surface (vs. obscure on P. saxicola), per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Phyllanthus caroliniensis, Carolina Leaf-flower

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_p_caroliniensis3

October    Moore County    NC

image of Phyllanthus caroliniensis, Carolina Leaf-flower

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_p_caroliniensis3b

October    Moore County    NC

Flowers produced on ultimate and penultimate orders of branches, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Phyllanthus caroliniensis, Carolina Leaf-flower

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_p_caroliniensis3c

October    Moore County    NC

Stems terete; branches not deciduous; leaves arranged distichously, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Phyllanthus caroliniensis   FAMILY Phyllanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Phyllanthus caroliniensis var. caroliniensis

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Phyllanthus carolinensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-10-001:
Phyllanthus caroliniensis   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

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

 

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4249

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Roadsides, moist woodlands, forests, and fields, often in seasonally wet, muddy places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (leaves all well-developed)
Leaves are subtended by stipules.

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Not rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
yellowish-green or green
(5)6(7) sepals
Petals absent
3 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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