Stylisma pickeringii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Stylisma
Species:
S. pickeringii
Binomial name
Stylisma pickeringii

Stylisma pickeringii, commonly called Pickering's dawnflower, is a species of flowering plant in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae). It is native to the United States, where it patchily distributed across central and eastern regions.[1] Its natural habitat is in dry sandhill prairies.[2] It is apparently tolerant of ecologically disturbed conditions, and can persist in degraded former sand prairies.[3]

Stylisma pickeringii is perennial that grows sprawling across the ground. It has linear leaves 1-3 mm wide. It produces white flowers from May to August.[3][4]

Taxonomy

Two varieties of Stylisma pickeringii are currently recognized.[2] They are:

References

  1. โ†‘ "Stylisma pickeringii". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 Weakley, Alan (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
  3. 1 2 Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 956โ€“957.
  4. โ†‘ Diggs, George; Lipscomb, Barney; O'Kennon, Robert (1999). Flora of North Central Texas. Botanical Research Institute of Texas. p. 560.
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