Flora of North America species comparison

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Stylisma villosa

hairy dawnflower
Stems

procumbent or trailing, glabrous or hairy.
Leaf

blades narrowly oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 30–70 × 10–20 mm, surfaces hairy.
Inflorescences

3–7-flowered.
Flowers

sepals ovate-lanceolate, 7–11 × 3-5 mm, abaxial surface densely villous;

corolla white, 15–25 mm;

stamens: filaments glandular-villous near base.

Stylisma villosa
Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat Sandy barrens.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA; LA; MS; TX
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Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Stylisma
Sibling taxa
S. abdita, S. aquatica, S. humistrata, S. patens, S. pickeringii
Synonyms Breweria villosa, Bonamia villosa
Name authority (Nash) House: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 149. (1907)
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