Burmannia biflora L.

Northern bluethread (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Dioscoreales > Burmanniaceae > Burmannia

Characteristics

Stems 3–18 cm. Leaves: basal leaves absent; cauline leaves subulate to lanceolate, 1–4 × 0.2–1 mm. Inflorescences loosely 2–12–flowered cymes, 2-cleft, or flowers solitary; cyme rachis usually distinct, to 2.5 cm; floral bracts subulate to lanceolate, 1.5–3.2 mm. Flowers 3-winged, 3–6 mm, wings blue, to 2.5 mm wide; perianth blue to violet, often with cream-colored lobes; perianth tube 6-lobed; outer lobes triangular, 0.5–1 mm; inner lobes erect, elliptic, 0.4–0.8 mm; pedicel 0–1 mm. Capsules 2–3.5 mm.
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Stem almost capillary, 5–15 cm, with scattered minute scale-lvs; fls 5 mm, solitary and terminal, or in luxuriant specimens several in a bifurcate cyme; ovary-wings porcelain-blue, semi-obovate; outer perianth-lobes 2 mm, the inner smaller. Bogs on the coastal plain; se. Va. to Fla. and Tex. Aug.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.18
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Images

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Distribution

Burmannia biflora world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Cuba, Georgia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:126570-1
WFO ID wfo-0000342455
COL ID NXNF
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Burmannia biflora Tripterella biflora Tripterella caerulea