Flora of North America species comparison

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Stylisma villosa

Stylisma abdita

hairy dawnflower

showy dawnflower
Stems

procumbent or trailing, glabrous or hairy.

procumbent or trailing, hairy.
Leaf

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

blades narrowly linear-elliptic, linear-lanceolate, or linear-oblong, 10–18 × 1.5–2 mm, surfaces densely hairy.
Inflorescences

3–7-flowered.

flowers solitary.
Flowers

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

corolla white, 15–25 mm;

stamens: filaments glandular-villous near base.

sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4–6 × 3–5 mm, abaxial surface densely villous;

corolla white, 8–13 mm;

stamens: filaments villous.

Stylisma villosa

Stylisma abdita
Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug. Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Sandy barrens. Coastal dunes.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.) 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA; LA; MS; TX
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from FNA
FL
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Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Stylisma Convolvulaceae > Stylisma
Sibling taxa
S. abdita, S. aquatica, S. humistrata, S. patens, S. pickeringii
S. aquatica, S. humistrata, S. patens, S. pickeringii, S. villosa
Synonyms Breweria villosa, Bonamia villosa Bonamia abdita
Name authority (Nash) House: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 149. (1907) Myint: Brittonia 18: 107, fig. 4. (1966)
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