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Natural habitats include open upland pine woodland; well drained longleaf pineland; scattered on slopes and ridges in a longleaf pine forest; recently burned sandhill; and longleaf, wiregrass habitat (FSU Herbarium). It has also been documented to occur along powerline corridors. It has been observed to grow in drying loamy sand (FSU Herbarium).
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Natural habitats include open upland pine woodland; well drained longleaf pineland; scattered on slopes and ridges in a longleaf pine forest; recently burned sandhill; and longleaf, wiregrass habitat (FSU Herbarium). It has also been documented to occur along powerline corridors. It has been observed to grow in drying loamy sand (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include longleaf pine and wiregrass (FSU Herbarium).
  
 
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Revision as of 17:58, 14 December 2015

Piriqueta cistoides
Piriqueta cistoides MMS.jpg
Photo taken by Michelle M. Smith
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Violales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Piriqueta
Species: P. cistoides
Binomial name
Piriqueta cistoides
(L.) Griseb.
PIRI CIST dist.jpg
Natural range of Piriqueta cistoides from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic notes

Common name: pitted stripeseed

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Natural habitats include open upland pine woodland; well drained longleaf pineland; scattered on slopes and ridges in a longleaf pine forest; recently burned sandhill; and longleaf, wiregrass habitat (FSU Herbarium). It has also been documented to occur along powerline corridors. It has been observed to grow in drying loamy sand (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include longleaf pine and wiregrass (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

P. cistoides has been observed to bloom in August (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

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

Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica, Lasioglossum nymphalis

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

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: July 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. A. Norris, Kevin Oakes, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Cecil R Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Duval, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.