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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amsonia ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sandhills Bluestar at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-01-002:
Amsonia ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sandhills Bluestar, Fringed Bluestar
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JK Marlow jkm160417_372
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160417_374
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160417_376
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
Stem copiously pubescent, bearing filiform to narrowly linear leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Will Stuart wil_6933647396_07690c9480
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Flowers are hairy on the outside and borne in a terminal panicle, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Will Stuart wil6933647396_07690c9480b
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Ciliata means "fringed with hairs," derived from the Latin word for eyelash, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Will Stuart wil_10361484045
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amsonia ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amsonia ciliata var. ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Amsonia ciliata var. tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 156-01-002:
Amsonia ciliata
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in GA-SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in our area)
Look for it in 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.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate to nearly opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Sepals minute
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Paired follicles
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p096
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p038
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p148
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p278
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p421
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p153
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p117