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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oldenlandia boscii
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Bosc's Bluet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Reminiscent in vegetative condition of Polypremum procumbens, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oldenlandia boscii
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oldenlandia boscii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hedyotis boscii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-07-002:
Oldenlandia boscii FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oldenlandia boscii
COMMON NAME:
Bosc's Bluet
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oldenlandia boscii
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oldenlandia boscii
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oldenlandia boscii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hedyotis boscii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-07-002:
Oldenlandia boscii
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oldenlandia boscii
4272
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, rivershore and millpond drawdown shores, sagponds, other seasonally saturated habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Flowers are sessile or almost sessile.
Radially symmetrical
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed rotate corolla
4 stamens
Bisexual
Flowers solitary (or rarely in 2-3 flowered clusters) in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p252
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p317
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