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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triosteum angustifolium +
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triosteum angustifolium
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Triosteum angustifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-04-003:
Triosteum angustifolium FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triosteum angustifolium
COMMON NAME:
Yellowfruit Horse-gentian, Lesser Horse-gentian
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_ang_ang_yellohors1
April
Longer (nonglandular) hairs of the stem 1.5-3mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_angusti_ang_yelhrs
April
Leaves elliptic, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, narrowed to a sessile base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_angustifolium_5
April
Flowers greenish-yellow, tubular, w 5 unequal lobes. Sepals w stiff hairs, 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):
Triosteum angustifolium +
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triosteum angustifolium
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Triosteum angustifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-04-003:
Triosteum angustifolium
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triosteum angustifolium
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