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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lindernia saxicola
FAMILY
Linderniaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lindernia monticola
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lindernia monticola
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Lindernia monticola
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lindernia monticola
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-09-003:
Lindernia saxicola FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilysanthes saxicola
COMMON NAME:
Riverbank Pimpernel
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lindernia saxicola
FAMILY
Linderniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lindernia monticola
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lindernia monticola
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Lindernia monticola
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lindernia monticola
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-09-003:
Lindernia saxicola
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilysanthes saxicola
3357
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: On river-scoured siliceous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & possibly Georgia
Rare (historically in NC Mountains, but not recently seen)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Lavender-blue/Pale blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped corolla
2 fertile stamens, 2 sterile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Capsule
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