Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-001:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia FAMILY Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
COMMON NAME:
Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdoblongifo_ditchpond1b
April-May? Aiken County SC
Flowers axillary, bluish-purple with dark spots, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
Patrick D. McMillan pdmdoblongifo_ditchpond1c
April-May? Aiken County SC
Calyx pubescent, 15-20mm long, lobes linear-aristate [awn- or bristle-tipped], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_oblongifolia
July
Stem pilose. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, ciliate, sessile or subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-001:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dyschoriste oblongifolia
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