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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
	
	
		 
		
	
Triosteum angustifolium + 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Caprifoliaceae
	
	
	
		
		 
		 
		
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Read more about Yellowfruit Horse-gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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	Triosteum angustifolium 
	
	
		
		
		
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Caprifoliaceae
	
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Triosteum angustifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-04-003:
Triosteum angustifolium FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triosteum angustifolium
COMMON NAME:
Yellowfruit Horse-gentian, Lesser Horse-gentian
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_ang_ang_yellohors1
April
Longer (nonglandular) hairs of the stem 1.5-3mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_angusti_ang_yelhrs
April
Leaves elliptic, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, narrowed to a sessile base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_angustifolium_5
April
Flowers greenish-yellow, tubular, w 5 unequal lobes. Sepals w stiff hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
	
	
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
	
	
		 
		
	
Triosteum angustifolium + 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Caprifoliaceae
	
INCLUDED WITHIN
	
	
	PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
	
			
	
	
	
    
	
	
	Triosteum angustifolium 
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Caprifoliaceae
	
	INCLUDED WITHIN
	
 
	Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
	
	
	Triosteum angustifolium
	
 
INCLUDED WITHIN
	
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-04-003:
Triosteum angustifolium 
 
 
 
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
	
 
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
	
  
	Triosteum angustifolium
	
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