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hairy dawnflower

water 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 oblong, oblong-elliptic, or oblong-lanceolate, 20–35 × 3–10 mm, surfaces hairy.

Inflorescences

3–7-flowered.

usually 2- or 3-flowered, flowers rarely 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-lanceolate, 5–8 × 3–5 mm, abaxial surface glabrous, margins ciliate;

corolla lavender, maroon, pink, purple, or red, 10–15 mm;

stamens: filaments glabrous or glabrate.

Stylisma villosa

Stylisma aquatica

Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Sandy barrens. Coastal dunes, sandy barrens.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.) 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA; LA; MS; TX
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from FNA
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX
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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. abdita, S. humistrata, S. patens, S. pickeringii, S. villosa
Synonyms Breweria villosa, Bonamia villosa Convolvulus aquaticus, Bonamia aquatica, Breweria aquatica
Name authority (Nash) House: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 149. (1907) (Walter) Rafinesque: Fl. Tellur. 4: 83. (1838)
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