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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena carnea
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Vervain at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylodon carneus
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Stylodon carneum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-011:
Verbena carnea FAMILY Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylodon carolinensis
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Vervain, Carolina False Vervain
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Will Stuart wil_v_carnea_blos_detail
May Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
The wandlike spikes of 5-lobed flowers are stiffly erect, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Will Stuart wil_v_carnea_inflorescenc
May Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Spikes elongate, flowers or fruits well-spaced and not obscuring the rachis, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Will Stuart wil_v_carnea_leaf_pair
May Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaves sessile or subsessile, cuneate, not lobed or some lower on stem 3-lobed, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil_vcarnea_blos_detail
May Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Rachis stipitate-glandular. Calyx and corolla tube pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_verbena_carnea_habit
May Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbena carnea
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stylodon carneus
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Stylodon carneum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-011:
Verbena carnea
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stylodon carolinensis
3143
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Nonstoloniferous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/ Pinkish-lavender
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary
Flowers in 1-5 terminal spikes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p103
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p329
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p344
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p054
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