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Caryophyllaceae
Stipulicida

not marked as a favorite taxon Stipulicida setacea Michaux. Common name: Coastal Plain Wireplant. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Xeric sands of longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, maritime forests, very dry clayey roadbanks in the outer Piedmont. Distribution: Se. Virginia south to s. Florida, west to e. Louisiana (Florida parishes).

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: A variety, var. filiformis (Nash) D.B. Ward, or species, Stipulicida filiformis Nash, endemic to c. Peninsular FL, is sometimes recognized, but is here considered a form of var. setacea (see synonymy and references).

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, POWO, Poindexter, Bennett, & Weakley (2014); = Stipulicida setacea Michx. var. setacea — Fl4, FNA5, K1, NS, Va, WH3, James (1957), Judd (1983); > Stipulicida filiformis Nash — S, S13; < Stipulicida setacea Michx. — C, RAB; >< Stipulicida setacea Michx. — S, S13, including var. lacerata but not var. filiformis; > Stipulicida setacea Michx. var. filiformis (Nash) D.B.Ward — Ward (2001); > Stipulicida setacea Michx. var. setacea — Ward (2001). Basionym: Stipulicida setacea Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Stipulicida setacea var. setacea - FNA5

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image #4 of Stipulicida setacea© Derick Poindexter | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual (or short-lived perennial) found on xeric sands of sandhills, dry pine flatwoods and maritime forests.

Stems: Stems smooth and wiry with many rigid, forking branches that are so fine the tiny flowers may seem to hover above the ground.

Leaves: Basal leaves in an overwintering rosettes, petiolate, spoon-shaped, to 3/4 in. long and withering by flowering time. Stem leaves opposite, triangular scales less than 1/16 in. long.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in small clusters at tips of branches; white; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 spreading, round petals and 5 pointed, reddish-brown sepals.

Fruits: Fruit a broadly ellipsoid capsule.

Comments:

Height: 2-10 in.

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description: Erect annual (or short-lived perennial) found on xeric sands of sandhills, dry pine flatwoods and maritime forests.

stems: Stems smooth and wiry with many rigid, forking branches that are so fine the tiny flowers may seem to hover above the ground.

leaves: Basal leaves in an overwintering rosettes, petiolate, spoon-shaped, to 3/4 in. long and withering by flowering time. Stem leaves opposite, triangular scales less than 1/16 in. long.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in small clusters at tips of branches; white; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 spreading, round petals and 5 pointed, reddish-brown sepals.

fruits: Fruit a broadly ellipsoid capsule.

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native range: southeastern United States