OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Amsonia ciliata   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata   FAMILY Apocynaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Amsonia ciliata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-01-002:

Amsonia ciliata   FAMILY Apocynaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Amsonia ciliata var. filifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar


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image of Amsonia ciliata, Sandhill Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar

JK Marlow    jkm160417_372

April    Coffee County    GA

Broxton Rocks Preserve

image of Amsonia ciliata, Sandhill Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar

JK Marlow    jkm160417_374

April    Coffee County    GA

Broxton Rocks Preserve

image of Amsonia ciliata, Sandhill Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar

JK Marlow    jkm160417_376

April    Coffee County    GA

Broxton Rocks Preserve

Stem copiously pubescent, bearing filiform to narrowly linear leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Amsonia ciliata, Sandhill Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar

Will Stuart    wil_6933647396_07690c9480

April    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Flowers are hairy on the outside and borne in a terminal panicle, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Amsonia ciliata, Sandhill Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar

Will Stuart    wil6933647396_07690c9480b

April    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Ciliata means "fringed with hairs," derived from the Latin word for eyelash, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Amsonia ciliata, Sandhill Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar

Will Stuart    wil_10361484045

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Amsonia ciliata   FAMILY Apocynaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata   FAMILY Apocynaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amsonia ciliata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-01-002:
Amsonia ciliata   FAMILY Apocynaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amsonia ciliata var. filifolia

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and openings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate to nearly opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Sepals minute
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Paired follicles

 

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