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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Read more about Water Dawnflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stylisma aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-002:
Bonamia aquatica FAMILY Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Breweria michauxii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylisma aquatica
COMMON NAME:
Water Dawnflower
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Alicia Jackson agj_0410_saquatica_sgl15
June Richmond County NC
The bright pink flowers and densely silvery-hairy leaves are distinctive, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Alicia Jackson agj_0410_saquatica_sgl15b
June Richmond County NC
Leaves densely and conspicuously silvery-sericeous, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Alicia Jackson agj_1854b
June Brunswick County NC
Leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, about 1-1.5" long and 1/3 as wide, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stylisma aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylisma aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stylisma aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-03-002:
Bonamia aquatica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Breweria michauxii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylisma aquatica
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