OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triodanis perfoliata   FAMILY Campanulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triodanis perfoliata   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Triodanis perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Triodanis perfoliata var. perfoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-01-001:

Specularia perfoliata   FAMILY Campanulaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Clasping Venus's Looking-glass


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image of Triodanis perfoliata, Clasping Venus's Looking-glass

JK Marlow    jkm070421_056

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Triodanis perfoliata, Clasping Venus's Looking-glass

JK Marlow    jkm070429_012

April    Greenville County    SC

An unbranched plant with an angled stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Triodanis perfoliata, Clasping Venus's Looking-glass

JK Marlow    jkm120406_600

April    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Clasping or sessile leaves less than 1" long and about as wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Triodanis perfoliata, Clasping Venus's Looking-glass

Gill Newberry    gn05_s_perfoliata_triodan

May        

Sepals lanceolate, acute to acuminate. Bracteal lvs about as wide as long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Triodanis perfoliata, Clasping Venus's Looking-glass

Gill Newberry    gn05_specularia_flowers

May        

image of Triodanis perfoliata, Clasping Venus's Looking-glass

JK Marlow    jkm060528_062b

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Chasmogamous flowers borne on the upper half of the stem, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Triodanis perfoliata, Clasping Venus's Looking-glass

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052621hayesville01

May    Clay County    NC

image of Triodanis perfoliata, Clasping Venus's Looking-glass

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052621hayesville03

May    Clay County    NC

image of Triodanis perfoliata, Clasping Venus's Looking-glass

JK Marlow    jkm230706_4349

July    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Each capsule's seeds are dispersed thru roundish pores with coiled "doors", per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triodanis perfoliata   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triodanis perfoliata   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Triodanis perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Triodanis perfoliata var. perfoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-01-001:
Specularia perfoliata   FAMILY Campanulaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1448

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Roadsides, gardens, glades, dry forests, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet/bluish-white
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed rotate corolla (usually)
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Poricidal capsule

 

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