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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dyschoriste humistrata   FAMILY Acanthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste humistrata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dyschoriste humistrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-002:

Dyschoriste humistrata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dyschoriste humistrata

 

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Twinflower, Swamp Dyschoriste


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image of Dyschoriste humistrata, Swamp Twinflower, Swamp Dyschoriste

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_humistrata_sharp

July        

Corolla shorter than that of D. oblongifolia (< 12mm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dyschoriste humistrata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste humistrata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dyschoriste humistrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-002:
Dyschoriste humistrata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dyschoriste humistrata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3676

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomland forests, especially on soils over limestone, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in GA, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed (somewhat 2-lipped) funnelform corolla
4 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Capsule

 

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