Florida distribution of Dyschoriste oblongifolia
Recently cleared longleaf pine forest. Ruderal edge of sandhill. Cut-over, burned-over pine flatwoods. Dry turkey oak-pinelands. Roadside sands, full sunlight. Open sand ridge plowed 3 years previously. Clearing of turkey oak barren. On sands of railroad right of way. Open field, sandy soil. On deep sandy soil of open stand of longleaf pine. Wiregrass-palmetto flatwoods. Drying sand beside hiking-biking trail. Longleaf pine/wiregrass/scrub oak sandhill. Upper road shoulder. Railway gravel. Dry sandy soil. Bulldozed site in sandy soil at edge of sump. With Scutellaria multiglandulosa and Tephrosia virginiana in loamy sand of recently burned scrub (formerly pinewoods). Sandy soil along upper edge of roadside depression. On loose sand of burned over, longleaf pine forest, sandhills. Along damp roadsides, edge of pine woods. Loose sands of burned over pine flatwoods. Patches of longleaf pine woodlands around abandoned borrow pit. Bulldozed field. Along highway and roadside ditch bordering longleaf pine-palmetto flatwoods with occasional small cypress ponds. Longleaf pine flatwoods with planted slash pine, Serenoa repens, Ilex glabra, Myrica, Aristida, etc. In sandy soil of open, disturbed clearing in turkey oak woodland adjacent to parking lot. Low, damp area with sandy soil. Semi-shaded, dry loamy sand of mixed pine-hardwood. Drying loamy sand of maple-beech-oak-magnolia woodland. Open burned pine woods. Cutover pine flatwoods. Sandy peat of clearing in longleaf pine flatwoods. Longleaf pine forest, slopes and ridges. Annually burned pineland, mostly longleaf. Annually burned savanna. Fallow quail food patch and savanna. Plant rhizomatous and colonial, in open, upland annually burned pineland.
Florida Counties: Charlotte, Citris, Columbia, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Orange, Pasco, Polk, Seminole, Suwannee, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla
Georgia Counties: Bryan, Charlotte, Grady, Seminole, Thomas
Collectors: Andre Clewell, Robert Godfrey, Robert Kral, P.L. Redfearn, Jr., William P. Adams, Loran Anderson, Richard Carter, H. Larry Stripling, S.W. Leonard, Gwynn W. Ramsey, R.S. Mitchell, George Cooley, James D. Ray, Jr., C.E. Wood, C.E. Smith, R.J. Eaton, Roy Komarek
Dyschoriste oblongifolia is a species of the genus Dyschoriste, in the family Acanthaceae. Dyschoriste oblongifolia is also called oblongleaf snakeherb or twinflower.
Dyschoriste oblongifolia is a herbaceous, rhizomatous, perennial plant growing 10–50 cm (4–20 in) tall. Stems and foliage are mostly hairless. Leaves are arranged opposite, with an entire or undulate margin, an obtuse or acute tip, a cuneate or attenuate base, and a hairy surface. D. oblongifolia produces flowers that are subsessile and either solitary or clusters on the stem with bracts that appear similar to the leaves. The flowers often appear in pairs, hence the "Twinflower" name. Flowers are lavender in color, with five lobes, four stamens, and a style 1.5 cm long.[1] It grows in dry, sandy pine forests and flowers from June to August.[2]
Dyschoriste oblongifolia grows natively in the United States in the coastal plains regions from Virginia to Florida,[3] but is able to grow throughout the southeastern US and along the western coast.[4]
Dyschoriste oblongifolia is a tolerant plant that can grow in acidic or slightly alkaline soil of sand, loam, or clay. It has high drought tolerance and low salt tolerance.[4] Wildfire is a key part of the plant's life cycle. Populations will disappear over time if fire does not occur.[5]
Gardeners sometimes plant Dyschoriste oblongifolia in their butterfly gardens as a larval host plant for the common buckeye butterfly,[6] and the plant is a recommended ornamental groundcover due to its high drought tolerance and low maintenance requirements.[7]
Dyschoriste oblongifolia is a species of the genus Dyschoriste, in the family Acanthaceae. Dyschoriste oblongifolia is also called oblongleaf snakeherb or twinflower.
Dyschoriste oblongifolia là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Ô rô. Loài này được (Michx.) Kuntze mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1891.[1]
Dyschoriste oblongifolia là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Ô rô. Loài này được (Michx.) Kuntze mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1891.
