Amsonia ciliata Walt.

Amsonia ciliata Walt. Fl. Car. 98. 1788
Tabernaemontana angustifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 300. 1789. Amsonia angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 121. 1803. Ansonia ciliata Raf. New Fl. 4: 58. 1838. Ansonia angustifolia Raf. New Fl. 4: 58. 1838.
Stems 7-15 dm. tall, more or less densely pilose to glabrate or glabrous; leaves alternate, sessile or subsessile, at least above, oblonglanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 4-8 cm. long, 0.21 cm. wide, attenuate at each end, rather distinctly heterophyllous, the lower leaves much broader than the upper; inflorescence barely surpassing the foliage, bearing several to numerous, medium-sized, azure flowers; pedicels 3-5 mm. long, puberulent to glabrate; calyx-lobes ovatelanceolate to linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 1-2 mm. long, glabrous, or with a few weak hairs; corolla glabrous externally, the tube 6-8 mm. long, about 1 mm. in diameter at the base, somewhat dilated above the insertion of the stamens, not constricted at the orifice, the lobes 7-8 mm. long, glabrous, somewhat spreading; follicles relatively slender, continuous, 9-1 1 cm. long, glabrous.
Type locality: South Carolina.
Distribution; North Carolina to Florida and Alabama; southeastern Texas.

Amsonia ciliata, the fringed bluestar, is a North American species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, first described in 1788.

Amsonia ciliata là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ La bố ma. Loài này được Walter mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1788.