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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dyschoriste oblongifolia   FAMILY Acanthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

Dyschoriste oblongifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-001:

Dyschoriste oblongifolia   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

Dyschoriste oblongifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower


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image of Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_dyob_001_lvd

        

image of Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdoblongifo_ditchpond1b

April-May?    Aiken County    SC

Flowers axillary, bluish-purple with dark spots, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdoblongifo_ditchpond1c

April-May?    Aiken County    SC

Calyx pubescent, 15-20mm long, lobes linear-aristate [awn- or bristle-tipped], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower

JK Marlow    jkm090522_009

May    Bamberg County    SC

Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay

image of Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower

JK Marlow    jkm090522_010

May    Bamberg County    SC

Lisa Matthews Memorial Bay

image of Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdoblongifolia_laurens

May        

image of Dyschoriste oblongifolia, Blue Twinflower, Pineland Dyschoriste, Oblong Twinflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_oblongifolia

July        

Stem pilose. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, ciliate, sessile or subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dyschoriste oblongifolia   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-02-001:
Dyschoriste oblongifolia   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

 

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2429

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, and longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed (somewhat 2-lipped) funnelform corolla
4 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Capsule

 

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