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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ipomopsis rubra   FAMILY Polemoniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomopsis rubra   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ipomopsis rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ipomopsis rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-03-001:

Ipomopsis rubra   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Gilia rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gilia rubra

 

COMMON NAME:
Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur


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Doug Lockard    dlk20180414_6220_glassy

April    Pickens County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm230509_3111

May    Pickens County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm230509_3114

May    Pickens County    SC

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm230509_3115

May    Pickens County    SC

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3769

June    Pickens County    SC

Leaves pinnately divided into linear or filiform, mucronate, segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE pinnately compound leaves of forbs

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3771

June    Pickens County    SC

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm230706_4229

July    Pickens County    SC

What beautiful curves! note that flowers are on the way...

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JK Marlow    jkm230808_4789

August    Greenville County    SC

Corolla salverform, the tube 2-2.5 cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm230808_4796

August    Greenville County    SC

1st year: a low rosette of ferny leaves; 2nd year: a leafy flowering stem; after which it dies, per Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016).

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm230808_4798

August    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm230808_4802

August    Greenville County    SC

Tubular or funnel-formed flowers...elegantly besprinkled w crimson specks, per Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, ... (Bartram, 1791).

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm230808_4810

August    Greenville County    SC

Anyone recognize this caterpillar?

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmi_rubra

August?        

A plant "of singular elegance and beauty... erect,... with a strong stem", per Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, ... (Bartram, 1791).

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmirubra_2

August?        

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm230905_5213

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm071020_014

October    Pickens County    SC

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm231114_6846

November    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Ipomopsis rubra, Standing-cypress, Spanish-larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm231114_6850

November    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ipomopsis rubra   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomopsis rubra   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ipomopsis rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ipomopsis rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 159-03-001:
Ipomopsis rubra   FAMILY Polemoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gilia rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gilia rubra

 

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757

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sand rims of Carolina bays, dolomitic glades and woodlands, dunes, dry sandy and rocky woodlands and openings, roadbanks, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare (uncommon in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Red (rarely yellow)
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed persistant calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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