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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stillingia sylvatica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Queen's-delight is unique in several ways and easy to identify. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stillingia sylvatica ssp. sylvatica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stillingia sylvatica
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Stillingia sylvatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-07-001:
Stillingia sylvatica FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Stillingia sylvatica var. sylvatica
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stillingia spathulata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stillingia sylvatica
COMMON NAME:
Queen's-delight
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_245
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Will Stuart wil_526235113_94d2b3770f
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Stem stout, hairless, round in cross-section, light green w a reddish tinge, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Will Stuart wil_9067823536_39a3590e3c
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Will Stuart wil_9067826678_3173056b10
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869844945095
July Hoke County NC
Male flowers in a terminal spike, female flowers few and at its base, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Will Stuart wil_9065557563_e4aaa3d160
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaves alternately spiraling, hairless, with light green midvein, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Will Stuart wil9065557563_da99a7af1cc
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaves elliptic, finely crenate, the teeth with pointed callous spicules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil9065557563_da99a7af1cd
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Fruit a woody capsule (the male-flower portion of the spike is deciduous), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stillingia sylvatica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stillingia sylvatica ssp. sylvatica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stillingia sylvatica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Stillingia sylvatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-07-001:
Stillingia sylvatica
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Stillingia sylvatica var. sylvatica
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stillingia spathulata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stillingia sylvatica
2998
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dryish Coastal Plain woodlands, other dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has slightly milky sap
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow calyx/red stigmas
2-3 parted calyx
Petals absent
2 stamens
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p180
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p279
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p334
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p466
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p155
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p046
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p182
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p070
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