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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Seymeria pectinata +
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Comb Seymeria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Seymeria pectinata +
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-23-002:
Seymeria pectinata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Seymeria
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Keith Bradley kab_s_pectinata_12743
June Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Corolla of S. pectinata is pubescent externally [vs. S. cassinoides' glabrous], per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_pectinata_12750
June Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Stem of S. pectinata is pubescent [vs. S. cassinoides' glabrous or puberulent], per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Seymeria pectinata +
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Seymeria pectinata +
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-23-002:
Seymeria pectinata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
4125
Forb
Annual
Native to Carolinas & Georgia (ssp. pectinata), to Florida (ssp. peninsularis)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Look for it in dry dry pinelands, sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple: Parted or divided into linear segments 1-2mm wide
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p170
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p235