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Carolina pinelandcress

Stems

(2–)3–6.5(–8) dm.

Cauline leaves

petiolate (petiole (0.05–)0.1–0.2(–0.3) cm proximally, obsolete distally);

blade usually linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, rarely linear, (0.7–)1–3(–4) cm × 1.5–6(–8) mm, base cuneate, apex rounded to retuse.

Racemes

0.3–2(–3) cm in fruit.

Flowers

sepals white or purplish, spreading or reflexed, 3–5(–7) × 0.2–0.3 mm;

petals white or pink, broadly obovate to spatulate, 4–9 mm, blade 2–5 × 1.5–3 mm, claw 2–4 mm, nearly smooth or obscurely papillate, margins entire;

filaments 6–8(–10) mm;

anthers 1–1.5 mm;

gynophore slender, (5–)7–11 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

(4–)5–9(–11) mm.

Fruits

2–4(–5) cm × 0.7–1 mm;

ovules 32–54 per ovary;

style rarely to 0.1 mm.

Seeds

0.6–0.8 × 0.4–0.5 mm.

Warea cuneifolia

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Sandy areas, scrublands, sand hills, fields, open banks, oak-pinyon woods, roadside embankments
Elevation 0-150 m (0-500 ft)
Distribution
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AL; FL; GA; NC; SC
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Discussion

Although Warea cuneifolia is fairly widespread in Georgia and South Carolina, it is known in Alabama only from Pike County, in Florida from Gadsden and Liberty counties, and in North Carolina from Harnett and Hoke counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 742.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Thelypodieae > Warea
Sibling taxa
W. amplexifolia, W. carteri, W. sessilifolia
Synonyms Cleome cuneifolia, Stanleya gracilis
Name authority (Muhlenberg ex Nuttall) Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 84. (1834)
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