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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Warea cuneifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Read more about Carolina Warea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Warea cuneifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Warea cuneifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Warea cuneifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-26-001:
Warea cuneifolia FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Warea cuneifolia
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Warea, Carolina Pineland-cress
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_warea_cuneifolia_8
October
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwcuneifolia_lorrr1
November
Pistil has a stipe that elongates into a prominent stalk as fruit matures, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwcuneifolia_lorrr2
November
Flowers clustered in tight terminal racemes, the petals clawed, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwcuneifolia_lorrr2b
November
Fruit is a dry, stalked, very narrow beanlike structure called a silique, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Warea cuneifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Warea cuneifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Warea cuneifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Warea cuneifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-26-001:
Warea cuneifolia
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Warea cuneifolia
2363
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Xeric white sands of longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish-pink
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p119
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p274
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p326
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p161
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p018
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p140
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p115
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