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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Standing-cypress at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Sorrie, Weakley, & Bradley discuss the biogeography, habitats, and nativity of Ipomopsis rubra in the Southeast.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ipomopsis rubra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ipomopsis rubra
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-03-001:
Ipomopsis rubra FAMILY Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gilia rubra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gilia rubra
COMMON NAME:
Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur
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Doug Lockard dlk20180414_6220_glassy
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3111
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3114
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230509_3115
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3769
June Pickens County SC
Leaves pinnately divided into linear or filiform, mucronate, segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3771
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230706_4229
July Pickens County SC
What beautiful curves! note that flowers are on the way...
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JK Marlow jkm250730_1931
July Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm250730_1938
July Pickens County SC
Corolla salverform, the tube 2-2.5 cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm250730_1940
July Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4789
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4796
August Greenville County SC
1st year: a low rosette of ferny leaves; 2nd year: a leafy flowering stem; after which it dies, per Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016).
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4798
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4802
August Greenville County SC
Tubular or funnel-formed flowers...elegantly besprinkled w crimson specks, per Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, ... (Bartram, 1791).
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4810
August Greenville County SC
Anyone recognize this caterpillar?
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmirubra_2
August?
A plant "of singular elegance and beauty... erect,... with a strong stem", per Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, ... (Bartram, 1791).
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JK Marlow jkm230905_5213
September Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm071020_014
October Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm231114_6846
November Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ipomopsis rubra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ipomopsis rubra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-03-001:
Ipomopsis rubra
FAMILY
Polemoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gilia rubra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gilia rubra
757
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sand rims of Carolina bays, dolomitic glades and woodlands, dunes, dry sandy and rocky woodlands and openings, roadbanks, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (uncommon in GA Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Red
(rarely yellow)
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed persistant calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p395
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p545
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p375
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p282
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