View source for Apteria aphylla

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Apteria aphylla
|accepted_authority=(Nuttall) Barnhart ex Small
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. S.E. U.S.,
|place=309. 1903
|year=1903
}}
|common_names=Nodding-nixie
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Lobelia aphylla
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|publication_title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|publication_place=5: 297. 1822
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Apteria setacea
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Burmanniaceae;Apteria;Apteria aphylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Burmanniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Apteria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Apteria aphylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 488
|treatment_page=page 489
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>often purplish, 3–27 cm. <b>Leaves</b> often purplish, 1.5–4 × 0.5–1.5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: floral bracts 2–4 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 8–14 mm; perianth purple or white with purplish longitudinal stripes inside throat and purplish perianth lobes; lobes erect, incurved and converging but not connate; outer lobes ovate to triangular, 1.5–4 mm; inner lobes lanceolate, ± as long as outer. <b>Capsules</b> 3–6 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Bogs, alluvial and upland rich woods
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (to Peru;Paraguay;Bolivia;Brazil).
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name=Apteria aphylla
|authority=(Nuttall) Barnhart ex Small
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Apteria setacea
|basionyms=Lobelia aphylla
|family=Burmanniaceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer–fall.
|habitat=Bogs, alluvial and upland rich woods
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (to Peru;Paraguay;Bolivia;Brazil).
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. S.E. U.S.,
|publication year=1903
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Apteria
|species=Apteria aphylla
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