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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola petiolata
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Caribbean Miterwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola petiolata
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mitreola petiolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Mitreola petiolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mitreola petiolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-03-002:
Cynoctonum mitreola FAMILY Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum mitreola
COMMON NAME:
Caribbean Miterwort, Lax Hornpod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cymi_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_m_petiolata_0340
May Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mitreola_petiolata_2
August
Inflorescence is a secund (one-sided) cyme terminating the stem & branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmpetiolata_dogswamp2
Month Unknown Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaves 2-8cm long, petiolate or subsessile and tapering to a cuneate base, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola petiolata
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola petiolata
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mitreola petiolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Mitreola petiolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mitreola petiolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-03-002:
Cynoctonum mitreola
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum mitreola
2701
Forb
Annual
Habitat: swamps, marshes, ditches, seepage areas on calcareous glades, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina 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
Opposite
Petioles 3-15mm long
Margins entire
Plants glabrous or essentially glabrous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
4-5 lobed corolla
4-5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p135
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p251
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p183
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