Stems erect, to 80 cm, gla­brous or strigulose. Leaves: stipules to 15 mm, epunctate, glabrous; petiole 2/3 to as long as leaf­lets, glabrous or sparsely hairy; leaflets 4, blades linear to narrowly elliptic, 25 × 8 mm, ± similar throughout or distal-most smaller, base cuneate, apex acute, surfaces epunctate, glabrous, abaxial midvein strigose. Spikes 1–10-flowered, crowded or ± lax, 2–17 cm; bracts 5–7-veined, lanceolate-ovate to ovate, 10 × 7 mm, apex acute, surfaces epunctate, glabrous; auricles 1–2.2 mm. Flowers: calyx tube 7–10-veined, 3–4 mm, ± strigose; corolla yellow; banner 10–14 mm, longer than wings. Loments exserted beyond bracts; segments 2–6, 2.7–3.5 × 2.5–3.3 mm, not reticulate, eglandular, glabrous; bristles to 1 mm. Seeds 1.5–1.8 mm.

Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly soils.
Elevation: 0–500 m.

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va.

Discussion

For his Zornia bracteata, Gmelin referred to Anonymos bracteata by T. Walter (1788), an invalid name that is the basis for the epithet by Gmelin. Reports of Z. bracteata from Mexico appear to be based on a Berlandier collection (P), labeled only as “Mexico”, and is excluded from the range of the species as a doubtful record. The name Z. tetraphylla Michaux is an illegitimate later homonym and pertains here.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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