NameThatPlant.net: Oldenlandia boscii

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oldenlandia boscii FAMILY Rubiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Bosc's Bluet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Reminiscent in vegetative condition of Polypremum procumbens, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oldenlandia boscii FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

Oldenlandia boscii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Hedyotis boscii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-07-002:

Oldenlandia boscii FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

Oldenlandia boscii

COMMON NAME:
Bosc's Bluet

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oldenlandia boscii FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oldenlandia boscii FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hedyotis boscii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-07-002:
Oldenlandia boscii FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

4272

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, rivershore and millpond drawdown shores, sagponds, other seasonally saturated habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Flowers are sessile or almost sessile.
Radially symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed rotate corolla
4 stamens
Bisexual

Flowers solitary (or rarely in 2-3 flowered clusters) in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

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