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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Wahlenbergia marginata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Read more about Wahlenbergia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wahlenbergia marginata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Wahlenbergia marginata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-03-001:
Wahlenbergia marginata FAMILY Campanulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wahlenbergia, Asian Rockbell, Asiatic bellflower, Southern Rockbell
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Keith Bradley kab_w_marginata_2974
April Lexington County SC
The stigma is three-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm180504_1695
May Meriwether-Talbot Counties GA
Sprewell Bluff WMA
This recent introduction has rapidly colonized the Southeast US, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm160611_002
June McCormick County SC
Leaves grow mostly on the lower half of the stem and are 1-4cm long, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm160611_005
June McCormick County SC
Calyx tube adnate to ovary, forming hypanthium; corolla & stamens atop ovary, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm160611_017
June McCormick County SC
Corolla blue, broadly campanulate, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow s080712_a
July Edgefield County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm071027_038
October Abbeville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm071027_044
October Abbeville County SC
Roadside
Leaf blades spatulate, oblanceolate, elliptic or linear, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm071027_047
October Abbeville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm161013_004
October Abbeville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081102_145
November Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Calyx 5-lobed, lobes linear, 1.5-3 mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm081102_147
November Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Wahlenbergia marginata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wahlenbergia marginata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Wahlenbergia marginata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-03-001:
Wahlenbergia marginata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
2529
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Soils (especially sandy) along roadsides and in fields, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: eastern Asia & Oceania
Common (rare in Mountains & NC Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Low alternate
Margins entire to toothed
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue/Violet
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed broadly campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p424
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p147
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p341
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