Descriptive
Information
- Field
marks: "Corolla 5-lobed, pinkish-white.
Bases of lobes glandular and hairy. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes triangular
and glandular. Terminal racemes not leafy. Stamens 5, attached to
upper corolla tube and opposite the petals. Infertile stamens lacking.
Basal leave soften absent at flowering time. Stem leaves alternate,
oblanceolate, obovate, entire, thickish, smooth. Lower mid-vein
often reddish-purple. Lower leaf petioles winged. Stem smooth, reddish-purple,
branched."
- Size:
"To 14 in. (35 cm) tall"
- General
habitat: "Wet brackish and fresh
water areas, especially of coastal sites"
- Geographic
range: Throughout the state of Florida
- Ecosystem(s)
where observed: Pineland
- Other
information: "Flowering time
all year. Synonym--Samodia ebracteata. Family--Primulaceae
(primrose)"
- References:
Taylor, Walter K. 1992. The Guide to Florida Wildflowers. Taylor
Publishing Co. p.228.
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