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Loganiaceae
Mitreola

Mitreola petiolata (J.F. Gmelin) Torrey & A. Gray. Common name: Caribbean Miterwort. Phenology: (May-) Jul-Sep; Sep-Nov. Habitat: Swamps, marshes, ditches, seepage areas on calcareous glades, other wet habitats. Distribution: Se. VA south to s. FL and west to AR and c. TX, north in the interior to nw. GA and c. and se. TN; Mexico; the West Indies; Central America (south to Guatemala).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Here interpreted more narrowly, excluding South American and Old World material (see Mathews 2023).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl5, FNA14, GW2, K4, Mex, Mo3, NcTx, Tn, Va, WH3, Nelson (1980); = Cynoctonum mitreola (L.) Britton — C, F, G, GrPl, RAB, S, S13, Tx; Cynoctonum petiolatum J.F. Gmelin. Basionym: Cynoctonum petiolatum J.F.Gmel. 1791

Links to other floras: = Mitreola petiolata - 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

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual of alluvial swamps, marshes, peaty pond margins, seasonally exposed river shores, ditches and other wet habitats.

Stems: Stems somewhat 4-angled, branched above in inflorescence, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic to oval and tapered at both ends, to 3 in. long.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers arranged along one side of ascending, terminal branches and in similar, smaller clusters from leaf axils, the branches slightly coiling at the tip; white, tiny, funnel-shaped with 5 spreading, pointy lobes.

Fruits: Fruit a tiny, deeply 2-lobed capsule.

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Height: 4-32 in.

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description: Erect annual of alluvial swamps, marshes, peaty pond margins, seasonally exposed river shores, ditches and other wet habitats.

stems: Stems somewhat 4-angled, branched above in inflorescence, smooth.

leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic to oval and tapered at both ends, to 3 in. long.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers arranged along one side of ascending, terminal branches and in similar, smaller clusters from leaf axils, the branches slightly coiling at the tip; white, tiny, funnel-shaped with 5 spreading, pointy lobes.

fruits: Fruit a tiny, deeply 2-lobed capsule.

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