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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amsonia rigida   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Amsonia rigida, Stiff Bluestar, Pond Bluestar, Marsh Bluestar

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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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Seasonally flooded depression wetlands and moist pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Uncommon in GA, rare elsewhere

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate to nearly opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Purplish-blue
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Sepals minute
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Paired follicles

 

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