Mitreola sessilifolia

Common names: Small-leaved miterwort swamp hornpod
Basionym: Cynoctonum sessilifolium J. F. Gmelin Syst. Nat. 2: 443. 1791
Synonyms: C. sessilifolium var. microphyllum R. W. Long
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.

Herbs, 10–50 cm. Leaves ses­sile; blade usually ovate to sub­orbiculate, sometimes ellip­tic, (0.8–)1.2–2.5 × (0.5)0.7–1.6 cm, larger leaves 1.5–2 times as long as wide, base usually rounded, sometimes cuneate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences congested, flowers longer than internodes, ultimate branches 1–3 cm. Flowers sessile; calyx papillose outside, glabrous within; corolla white, 2–3 mm, throat with ring of hairs. Capsules 2–4 mm, horns papillose-warty on inner and outer faces. Seeds obliquely ellipsoid, 0.4 mm, smooth.


Phenology: Flowering late Jun–Sep(–early Nov).
Habitat: Wet savannas, streamhead ecotones, bogs, swamps, pocosins, other wet depressions.
Elevation: 0–200 m.

Distribution

Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., Va., West Indies (Bahamas).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Mitreola sessilifolia"
Katherine G. Mathews +
Linnaeus +
Cynoctonum sessilifolium +
Small-leaved miterwort +  and swamp hornpod +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and West Indies (Bahamas). +
0–200 m. +
Wet savannas, streamhead ecotones, bogs, swamps, pocosins, other wet depressions. +
Flowering late Jun–Sep(–early Nov). +
Opera Var., +
C. sessilifolium var. microphyllum +
Mitreola sessilifolia +
Mitreola +
species +