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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amsonia ludoviciana   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ludoviciana   FAMILY Apocynaceae

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

Amsonia ludoviciana

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

Amsonia ludoviciana

 

COMMON NAME:
Louisiana Bluestar


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amsonia ludoviciana   FAMILY Apocynaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ludoviciana   FAMILY Apocynaceae

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

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

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native: endemic to Louisiana, Mississippi, east Texas (so far as is known)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate to nearly opposite

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

FRUIT:
Paired follicles

 

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