Subshrubs or vines, perennial. Herbage hairy, hairs stellate, 4- or 5-armed, arms often unequal, porrect. Stems multiple, radi­ating from rootstock, proximally woody, prostrate, scrambling, trailing, or ascending, to 1 m. Leaf blades elliptic, ovate, or suborbiculate, 10–29(–37) × 5–15(–21) mm, ± herbaceous to subcoriaceous, base cune­ate, apex acute, obtuse, or retuse, mucronate. Inflo­res­cences lax, 1–3(–6)-flowered. Flowers: sepals unequal, outers obovate or spatulate, 3–6 mm, glabrous, inners ovate to suborbiculate, 2–3 mm; corolla white or light pink, rotate, 10–17 mm, limb deeply incised, 5-lobed. Capsules subglobose, 5–7 mm. Seeds 3–3.5 mm, outer 2 margins winged, wings 0.1–0.2 mm wide, striate, undulating.

Phenology: Flowering Oct–Jun(–Aug).
Habitat: Pinelands, openings over limestone.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Distribution

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Fla.

Discussion

Jacquemontia curtissii is endemic to southern Florida, especially to rocky pinelands over limestone in the Everglades, also marl prairies, mesic flatwoods, and disturbed uplands. Stout rootstocks enable J. curtissii plants to survive fires.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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