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Burmanniaceae
Burmannia

not marked as a favorite taxon Burmannia capitata (Walter ex J.F. Gmelin) Martius. Common name: White Burmannia. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Pine savannas, bogs, shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds. Distribution: E. NC south to s. FL, west to e. TX and se. OK; West Indies, Central America, and South America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA26, GW1, K4, Meso6, NcTx, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tx, WH3; Vogelia capitata Walter ex J.F. Gmelin. Basionym: Vogelia capitata Walter ex J.F.Gmel. 1791

Links to other floras: = Burmannia capitata - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Burmannia capitata© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Burmannia capitata© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Burmannia capitata© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Burmannia capitata© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Burmannia capitata© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual of pine savannas, bogs and shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds.

Stems: Stems very slender and threadlike, unbranched.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, tiny and scale-like, about 1/4 in. long.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers 1-20 in a dense, head-like cluster at top of stem; creamy white (sometimes tinged yellow or green), about 1/4 in. long, tubular with 6 lobes, the outer 3 triangular and usually curved inward.

Fruits:

Comments: Can be found on seepage slopes with Burmannia biflora (see pp. ??) and various pitcher-plants, sundews and orchids.

Height: 1 1/4-6 in.

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description: Erect annual of pine savannas, bogs and shores of Coastal Plain depression ponds.

stems: Stems very slender and threadlike, unbranched.

leaves: Leaves alternate, tiny and scale-like, about 1/4 in. long.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers 1-20 in a dense, head-like cluster at top of stem; creamy white (sometimes tinged yellow or green), about 1/4 in. long, tubular with 6 lobes, the outer 3 triangular and usually curved inward.

fruits:

comments: Can be found on seepage slopes with Burmannia biflora (see pp. ??) and various pitcher-plants, sundews and orchids.

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