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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola sessilifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Swamp Hornpod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola sessilifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mitreola sessilifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mitreola sessilifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Mitreola sessilifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-03-001:
Cynoctonum sessilifolium FAMILY Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum sessilifolium
COMMON NAME:
Small-leaved Miterwort, Swamp Hornpod
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Will Stuart wil_m_sessilifoli731_1235
July NC
The tiny 2mm flowers appear to open in sequence along inflorescence branches. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_m_sessilifoli731_1264
July NC
Flowers at various stages of maturity. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_m_sessilifoli731_1289
July NC
Leaves ovate to widely elliptic, acute to obtuse, base rounded, sessile..., per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_m_sessilifoli731_1326
July NC
Short curved branchlets crowded w tiny flowers like no other Sandhills plant, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mitreola sessilifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitreola sessilifolia
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mitreola sessilifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mitreola sessilifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Mitreola sessilifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-03-001:
Cynoctonum sessilifolium
FAMILY
Loganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cynoctonum sessilifolium
4385
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pocosins, ditches, margins of limesink depressions (dolines), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
Plants glabrous or essentially glabrous
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5-lobed corolla
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 the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p178
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