Biology:Stylisma pickeringii
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Stylisma pickeringii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Stylisma |
| Species: | S. pickeringii
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| Binomial name | |
| Stylisma pickeringii (Torr. ex M.A.Curtis) A.Gray
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Stylisma pickeringii, commonly called Pickering's dawnflower, is a species of flowering plant in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae). It is native to the United States, where it patchily distributed across central and eastern regions.[1] Its natural habitat is in dry sandhill prairies.[2] It is apparently tolerant of ecologically disturbed conditions, and can persist in degraded former sand prairies.[3]
Stylisma pickeringii is perennial that grows sprawling across the ground. It has linear leaves 1-3 mm wide. It produces white flowers from May to August.[3][4]
Taxonomy
Two varieties of Stylisma pickeringii are currently recognized.[2] They are:
- S. pickeringii var. pattersonii - Native to the South Central Region, the Great Plains, and the Midwest.
- S. pickeringii var. pickeringii - Native to the Southeastern United States and disjunct in New Jersey
References
- ↑ "Stylisma pickeringii", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Stylisma%20pickeringii.png, retrieved 27 December 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weakley, Alan (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 956–957.
- ↑ Diggs, George; Lipscomb, Barney; O'Kennon, Robert (1999). Flora of North Central Texas. Botanical Research Institute of Texas. p. 560. http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/NCTXpdf.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q17399045 entry
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