Mitreola sessilifolia (J.F. Gmelin) G. Don. Common name: Small-leaved Miterwort. Phenology: Late Jun-Aug (-early Nov); Sep-Oct. Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pocosins, ditches, margins of limesink depressions (dolines). Distribution: Se. VA south to s. FL, west to e. TX; Bahamas.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl5, FNA14, GW2, K4, Va, WH3, Nelson (1980); = Cynoctonum sessilifolium J.F.Gmel. — C, F, G, RAB, S, S13, Tx; < Mitreola sessilifolia (J.F.Gmel.) G.Don — Rogers (1986). Basionym: Cynoctonum sessilifolium J.F.Gmel. 1791
Links to other floras: = Mitreola sessilifolia - FNA14
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect annual of wet savannas, pocosins, ditches and margins of limesink depressions (dolines).
Stems: Stems vaguely 4-angled, simple or with a few erect branches above.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, usually sessile, oval to widely elliptic with a rounded base, to 3/4 in. long and entire.
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Flowers: Flowers in branching clusters on long ascending stalks/branches from upper leaf axils; white; less than 1/8 in. long; funnel-shaped with 5 spreading, pointed petals.
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Height: 4-18 in.
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description: Erect annual of wet savannas, pocosins, ditches and margins of limesink depressions (dolines).
stems: Stems vaguely 4-angled, simple or with a few erect branches above.
leaves: Leaves opposite, usually sessile, oval to widely elliptic with a rounded base, to 3/4 in. long and entire.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in branching clusters on long ascending stalks/branches from upper leaf axils; white; less than 1/8 in. long; funnel-shaped with 5 spreading, pointed petals.
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