Warea cuneifolia |
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Carolina pinelandcress |
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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 |
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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 |
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 | |
Synonyms | Cleome cuneifolia, Stanleya gracilis |
Name authority | (Muhlenberg ex Nuttall) Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 84. (1834) |
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