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
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Lower Taxa
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