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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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Burmannia capitata   FAMILY Burmanniaceae

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

Burmannia capitata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Burmannia capitata

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

Burmannia capitata   FAMILY Burmanniaceae

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

Burmannia capitata

 

COMMON NAME:
White Burmannia, Southern Bluethread


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image of Burmannia capitata, White Burmannia, Southern Bluethread

Samantha Tessel    sam090722_1034

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

A dense cluster of tiny white flowers, growing in all directions to form a "spiky-ball", per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Burmannia capitata, White Burmannia, Southern Bluethread

Samantha Tessel    sam090722_1035

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

A thin wiry stem only about 3-4" high, with a few easily overlooked scale-like leaves, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Burmannia capitata, White Burmannia, Southern Bluethread

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6305

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

With luck you may find pitcher-plants, sundews, and orchids in the same seepage slope, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Burmannia capitata, White Burmannia, Southern Bluethread

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6311

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Flowers number 1-20 in a dense terminal cluster or head, each 3-5mm long and about 1mm wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Burmannia capitata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Burmannia capitata

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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

 

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