NameThatPlant.net: Burmannia capitata

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Dioscoreales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Burmannia capitata FAMILY Burmanniaceae Go to FSUS key

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At the top of the stem is the flowering "head" -- each flower appearing like a narrow white tube and only 1/4" long. Because the colored portion visible at any range is the ovary, when in fruit the plant looks essentially the same as when in flower. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Burmannia capitata FAMILY Burmanniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 048-01-002:

Burmannia capitata FAMILY Burmanniaceae

COMMON NAME:
White Burmannia, Southern Bluethread

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Burmannia capitata FAMILY Burmanniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Burmannia capitata FAMILY Burmanniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 048-01-002:
Burmannia capitata FAMILY Burmanniaceae

4730

Forb
Annual

Habitat: pine savannas, bogs, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, scale-like

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy-white, greenish
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
Petals absent or of 3 segments
3 stamens, inserted on the calyx tube
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

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