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southern dawnflower

Stems

procumbent or trailing, hairy.

Leaf

blades narrowly oblong, oblong-elliptic, or oblong-lanceolate, 25–80 × 12–30 mm.

Inflorescences

usually 3–7-flowered, flowers rarely solitary.

Flowers

sepals ovate-lanceolate, 6–9 × 3–5 mm, abaxial surface glabrous, margins ciliate;

corolla white, 20–23 mm;

stamens: filaments villous near base.

Stylisma humistrata

Phenology Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Sandy barrens, coastal dunes.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TN; TX; VA
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Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Stylisma
Sibling taxa
S. abdita, S. aquatica, S. patens, S. pickeringii, S. villosa
Synonyms Convolvulus humistratus, Bonamia humistrata, Breweria humistrata
Name authority (Walter) Chapman: Fl. South. U.S., 346. (1860)
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