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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexasepalum teres   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diodia teres   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

Hexasepalum teres

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Diodia teres var. hirsutior

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Diodia teres var. hystricina

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Diodia teres var. oblongifolia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Diodia teres var. teres

SYNONYMOUS WITH Revisión de las especies americanas del género Diodia (Bacigalupo & Cabral, 1999)

Diodella teres

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-03-002:

Diodia teres   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

Diodella teres

 

COMMON NAME:
Poor-joe, Rough Buttonweed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_dite2_001_lvd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_351

        

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JK Marlow    jkm190618_9254

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm090716_044

July    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm190708_9817

July    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm190708_9820

July    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm190722_0101

July    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0508g_16

August    Greenville County    SC

Field

Leaves stiff with bristles at their base, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

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JK Marlow    jkm0508g_18

August    Greenville County    SC

Field

Weedy often-branched annual with prostrate, spreading or ascending stems, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_teres_poorjoe_2_s

August        

The 4 stamens are attached to the corolla tube, and the stigma is 2-lobed, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).

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JK Marlow    jkm0509d_22

September    Greenville County    SC

Field

The petals are fused to form a tubular 4-lobed corolla, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).

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JK Marlow    jkm160907_057b

September    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm180903_4461

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Stipules to 0.4" long have a short sheath and 5-8 bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm91910_184

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Fruit capsule somewhat roundish, hairy, & topped by 4 persistent sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm9410_292

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Pinkish funnelform flowers are 4-lobed, sessile, & borne in leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    s050910_d

September    Greenville County    SC

Field

Stem often reddish-purple with lines of hairs, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hexasepalum teres   FAMILY Rubiaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diodia teres   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Diodia teres var. hirsutior

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Diodia teres var. hystricina

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Diodia teres var. oblongifolia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Diodia teres var. teres

SYNONYMOUS WITH Revisión de las especies americanas del género Diodia (Bacigalupo & Cabral, 1999)
Diodella teres

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-03-002:
Diodia teres   FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

469

Forb
Annual

Habitat: dunes, sandy roadsides, glades, hardpans, other dry habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender-pink to white
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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