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Callisia ornata

Florida scrub roseling
Habit Herbs, perennial, not or only scarcely cespitose, erect.
Roots

persistently densely woolly.
Stems

20–50 cm.
Leaves

strongly ascending;

basal leaf sheaths glabrous to puberulent;

blade linear, (2–)10–25 × 0.1–0.4 cm (distal leaf blades much narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened).
Inflorescences

bracts not distinct from bracteoles, usually minute, 1–3(–7) mm, scarious (rarely somewhat herbaceous).
Flowers

pedicellate;

pedicels 1–1.5 cm;

petals pink to rose, 9–13 mm;

stamens 6;

filaments bearded;

ovary 3-locular.
Capsules

3-locular, 3–5 mm.
Seeds

1.5–2 mm.

Callisia ornata
Phenology Flowering spring, fall.
Habitat Coastal strand
Distribution
from FNA
FL; Oak; pine; and palmetto woods and scrub; occasionally fields or roadsides; usually in sandy soil
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Discussion

A white-flowered form has been described from central Florida as Callisia ornata forma leucantha Lakela (O. Lakela 1972), but such color forms are hardly worth taxonomic recognition.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 22.
Parent taxa Commelinaceae > Callisia
Sibling taxa
C. cordifolia, C. fragrans, C. graminea, C. micrantha, C. repens, C. rosea
Synonyms Cuthbertia ornata, Tradescantia rosea var. ornata
Name authority (Small) G. C. Tucker: Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 70:118. (1989)
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