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Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii

Stylisma pickeringii

Photo by the late Merrill Cotrell

Wharton State Forest, 28 July 1979


Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii (Pickering's morning glory)

Pickering's morning glory

TAXONOMY

Bonamia pickeringii (Torr. ex M.A. Curtis) Gray

Breweria pickeringii (Torr. ex M.A. Curtis) Gray

Breweria pickeringii (Torr. ex M.A. Curtis) Gray var. caesariensis Fern. & Schub.

Formerly known as Breweria pickeringii, this plant is S1, state endangered. Witmer Stone, in The Plants of Southern New Jersey, says this:

"Confined to dry sandy banks in the Pine Barrens, where it is known from probably not more than three or four stations.... Named for Charles Pickering (1805-1878), a prominent Philadelphia naturalist, member of Wilkes Exploring Expedition, and prominent in local botanical work. Flowers Mid-July to late August (Stone, 652-653).


For more information and links on this plant, see NJ Botany

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