Stylisma pickeringii

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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Stylisma
Species:
S. pickeringii
Binomial name
Stylisma pickeringii

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:

References

  1. "Stylisma pickeringii". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. Weakley, Alan (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
  3. Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 956–957.
  4. Diggs, George; Lipscomb, Barney; O'Kennon, Robert (1999). Flora of North Central Texas. Botanical Research Institute of Texas. p. 560.
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