Stylisma villosa

Stylisma villosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Convolvulaceae
Genus:	Stylisma
Species:	S. villosa
Binomial name
Stylisma villosa (Nash) House
Natural range of Stylisma villosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: hairy dawnflower

Description

S. villosa has been observed to have white corollas and flowers that are about two centimeters broad (FSU Herbarium).

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida, S. villosa can occur in longleaf pine/scrub oak sand ridges, moist lake shores, and sandy longleaf pine-Carya floridana-oak woods. It has also occurred in disturbed hammocks and along canals through burned wetland slash pine savanna (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Quercus laevis, Q. incana, Q. virginiana, Q. myrtifolia, Q. chapmanii, Serenoa repens, and Ceanothus (FSU Herbarium).

It has been observed to be more common in disturbed areas of scrub habitats (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers May through June and fruits June through November (FSU Herbarium).

Fire ecology

It has been observed growing in burned wetland slash pine savannas (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Stylisma villosa at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Megachilidae: Dianthidium floridiense

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: Collectors: States and Counties: Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.