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Stylisma patens
Brittonia 18: 110. 1966.
Common names: Coastal plain dawnflower
Endemic
Basionym: Convolvulus patens Desrousseaux in J. Lamarck et al. Encycl. 3: 547. 1792
Synonyms: Bonamia patens (Desrousseaux) Shinners
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.
Stems procumbent or trailing, glabrous or hairy. Leaf blades elliptic or linear to lanceolate, 20–45 × 2–8 mm, surfaces hairy. Inflorescences 2–5-flowered or flowers solitary; bracteoles scalelike, 1–3(–5) mm. Flowers: sepals ovate-lanceolate, 6–9 × 3–5 mm, abaxial surface pilose, villous, glabrate, or glabrous; corolla white, 14–20 mm; stamens: filaments villous near base; style branches connate only at base.
Distribution
se United States.
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Leaf blades 6–8 mm wide, length 4–6 times width; sepals: abaxial surfaces pilose or villous. | Stylisma patens var. patens |
| 1 | Leaf blades 2–3(–5) mm wide, length 7–15 times width; sepals: abaxial surfaces glabrous or glabrate. | Stylisma patens var. angustifolia |