Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amsonia rigida
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia rigida
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amsonia rigida
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Amsonia tabernaemontana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amsonia rigida
COMMON NAME:
Stiff Bluestar, Pond Bluestar, Marsh Bluestar
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_amsonia_rigida1
May Calhoun County GA
Stem & leaves glabrous; lvs elliptic, lower & upper mostly 3-5x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amsonia rigida
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia rigida
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amsonia rigida
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Amsonia tabernaemontana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amsonia rigida
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