Stylisma patens
Stylisma humistrata
coastal plain dawnflower
southern dawnflower
procumbent or trailing, glabrous or hairy.
procumbent or trailing, hairy.
blades elliptic or linear to lanceolate, 20–45 × 2–8 mm, surfaces hairy.
blades narrowly oblong, oblong-elliptic, or oblong-lanceolate, 25–80 × 12–30 mm.
2–5-flowered or flowers solitary;
bracteoles scalelike, 1–3(–5) mm.
usually 3–7-flowered, flowers rarely solitary.
sepals ovate-lanceolate, 6–9 × 3–5 mm, abaxial surface pilose, villous, glabrate, or glabrous;
corolla white, 14–20 mm;
stamens: filaments villous near base;
style branches connate only at base.
sepals ovate-lanceolate, 6–9 × 3–5 mm, abaxial surface glabrous, margins ciliate;
corolla white, 20–23 mm;
stamens: filaments villous near base.
Stylisma patens
Stylisma humistrata
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Leaf blades 6–8 mm wide, length 4–6 times width; sepals: abaxial surfaces pilose or villous. | var. patens |
1. Leaf blades 2–3(–5) mm wide, length 7–15 times width; sepals: abaxial surfaces glabrous or glabrate. | var. angustifolia |
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