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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triosteum perfoliatum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
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Read more about Perfoliate Horse-gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triosteum perfoliatum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Triosteum perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-04-001:
Triosteum perfoliatum FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Triosteum perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triosteum perfoliatum
COMMON NAME:
Perfoliate Horse-gentian, Perfoliate Tinker's-weed, Wild Coffee, Feverwort
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_triosteum_perfoliatum
May
Herbage soft gray-hairy. Flowers purplish-red or greenish-yellow, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_perfoliatum_horseg2
June
Leaves primarily connate-perfoliate, the joined base 3-9cm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triosteum perfoliatum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triosteum perfoliatum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Triosteum perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-04-001:
Triosteum perfoliatum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Triosteum perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triosteum perfoliatum
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