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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Amsonia ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amsonia ciliata
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-01-002:
Amsonia ciliata FAMILY Apocynaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amsonia ciliata var. filifolia
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar
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JK Marlow jkm160417_372
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160417_374
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160417_376
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
Stem copiously pubescent, bearing filiform to narrowly linear leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Will Stuart wil_6933647396_07690c9480
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Flowers are hairy on the outside and borne in a terminal panicle, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Will Stuart wil6933647396_07690c9480b
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Ciliata means "fringed with hairs," derived from the Latin word for eyelash, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Will Stuart wil_10361484045
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Amsonia ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amsonia ciliata
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-01-002:
Amsonia ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amsonia ciliata var. filifolia
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and openings, 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.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate to nearly opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Sepals minute
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Paired follicles
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p096
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p038
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p148
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p278
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p333
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p421
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p153
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p039
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p117
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