Jacquemontia tamnifolia
| Jacquemontia tamnifolia | |
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| Photo was taken by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Jacquemontia |
| Species: | J. tamnifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb. | |
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| Natural range of Jacquemontia tamnifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Hairy clustervine, Jacquemontia.[1]
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[hide]Taxonomic notes
Synonyms: Thyella tamnifolia (Linnaeus) Rafinesque.[1]
Varieties: none.[1]
Description
This species has a climbing and twining behavior.[2]
"Herbaceous, annual, twining vine. Leaves ovate to elliptic-ovate, 5-12 cm long, acuminate, cordate, or the base rarely rounded. Peduncles equaling or longer than the subtending leaf; inflorescence capitate, 2-3 cm broad, subtended by lanceolate or elliptic, foliaceous bracts; sepals lanceolate to subulate, densely fulvous-hirsute; corolla blue, funnelform, 1-2 cm broad; stigma lobes 2, ovoid or oblong, styles fused, ovary 2-locular. Capsule subglobose, 4-6 mm broad; seeds brownish black, glabrous, ca. 2 mm long."[3]
Distribution
The original range of this plant is difficult to determine. In the United States, its range extends from southeast Virginia to Florida, and west to Texas and Arizona. It is also common in the West Indies, Central America, and South America.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
This species has been found in floodplains and savannahs as well as disturbed areas such as old fields, corn fields, powerline corridors, along roadsides, and in grazed fallow fields.[2]
Phenology
J. tamnifolia flowers August to Spetember.[4]
Fire ecology
Populations of Jacquemontia tamnifolia have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[5]
Conservation, cultivation, and restoration
Cultural use
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Andre F. Clewell, J. D. Dwyer, W. E. Harmon, Lisa Keppner, R. Komarek, Robert L. Lazor, and R. A. Norris. States and Counties: Florida: Leon and Washington. Georgia: Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, and Thomas. Countries: Honduras.
- Jump up ↑ Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 863. Print.
- Jump up ↑ Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 12 DEC 2016
- Jump up ↑ Glitzenstein, J. S., D. R. Streng, R. E. Masters, K. M. Robertson and S. M. Hermann 2012. Fire-frequency effects on vegetation in north Florida pinelands: Another look at the long-term Stoddard Fire Research Plots at Tall Timbers Research Station. Forest Ecology and Management 264: 197-209.
