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Linnaeus

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Common names: Swamp-pink
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Revision as of 21:50, 16 December 2019

Plants 1–3 dm in flower, 6 dm in fruit. Leaves dark green, 9–35 × 1.5–4 cm; bractlike leaves broadly triangular, 1–2 cm. Racemes 30–70-flowered, ovoid in flower, 2.5–10 cm, elongate in fruit, 10–17.5 cm. Tepals 4–9 mm; filaments filiform, 5–6 mm; anthers blue, 0.75–1 mm; styles 1.4–2.5 mm; pedicel 5–8 mm. Capsules obcordate, 3–8 × 8–10 mm. Seeds whitish brown, 4–6 mm. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Swamps, bogs, and pocosins of the Blue Ridge Mountains and northern coastal plain
Elevation: 0–1100 m

Distribution

V26 49-distribution-map.jpg

Del., Ga., Md., N.J., N.Y., N.C., S.C., Va.

Discussion

Helonias bullata is threatened in several eastern coastal states (R. D. Sutter 1984). Linnaeus cited Pennsylvania as the type locality, but probably his material came from the New Jersey pine barrens, and all Pennsylvania populations are introduced (E. T. Wherry et al. 1979; F. H. Utech 1980). This species has horticultural potential in wet gardens.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.