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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triosteum perfoliatum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Triosteum perfoliatum, Perfoliate Horse-gentian, Perfoliate Tinker's-weed, Wild Coffee, Feverwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trpe5_001_lvd

        

image of Triosteum perfoliatum, Perfoliate Horse-gentian, Perfoliate Tinker's-weed, Wild Coffee, Feverwort

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).

image of Triosteum perfoliatum, Perfoliate Horse-gentian, Perfoliate Tinker's-weed, Wild Coffee, Feverwort

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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1891

Forb

Habitat: woodlands and forests in circumneutral soils, particularly those over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Red/ Brownish-red/ Greenish-yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed tubular corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red/ Reddish-orange
Drupe

 

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