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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polypremum procumbens
FAMILY
Tetrachondraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polypremum procumbens
FAMILY
Buddlejaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Polypremum procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-04-001:
Polypremum procumbens FAMILY Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polypremum procumbens
COMMON NAME:
Juniperleaf, Polypremum, Rustweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_popr4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170520_937
May Calhoun County SC
Typically forms circular mats of arching & reclining, radiating branches, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm170520_939
May Calhoun County SC
Branches mostly green, but some rust-colored or orange, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Frank Breazeale fwb_4092ed1_2
June Anderson County SC
Corolla lobes spreading at maturity, throat with a dense ring of short hairs, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
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JK Marlow jkm120623_144
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210605_1084
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Bases of each leaf in a pair connected by a small stipular membrane, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
COMPARE
Juniperleaf (Polypremum) and Pearlwort (Sagina)
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JK Marlow jkm120728_061
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
The numerous short, linear leaves have a thickened lustrous appearance, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm160715_306
July McCormick County SC
Flowers subtended by a pair of short leaflike bracts, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
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JK Marlow jkm160715_311
July McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8974
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250723_1830
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Tiny white 4-petaled flowers are borne singly from the leaf axils, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Roxanna Martin rlm7210_85
July Spartanburg County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_procumbens_2
July
Calyx persistent, lobes lanceolate, relatively thick, sharply pointed, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
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JK Marlow jkm160826_018
August Greenville County SC
Petals broadly rounded, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Roxanna Martin rlm82309_123
August Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3589
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Polypremum procumbens
FAMILY
Tetrachondraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Polypremum procumbens
FAMILY
Buddlejaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Polypremum procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-04-001:
Polypremum procumbens
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polypremum procumbens
2284
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: dunes, longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, pond margins, fields, pastures, roadsides, riverside sand bars, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
4-toothed calyx
4-lobed corolla
4 stamens
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p160
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p148
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p106
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p252`
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p123
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p319
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