Chamaecrista deeringiana, , C. FASCICULATA, AND C. HORIZONTALIS

Weakley, Alan S., Poindexter, Derick B., Medford, Hannah C., Franck, Alan R., Bradley, Keith A., Sadle, Jimi & Kelley, John Michael, 2021, Studies In The Vascular Flora Of The Southeastern United States. Vii, Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 15 (1), pp. 23-56 : 49

KEY TO CHAMAECRISTA DEERINGIANA, C. FASCICULATA, AND C. HORIZONTALIS

1. Plant usually monocarpic, 20–140(–240) cm tall,with a branched vertical taproot gradually reduced to finer roots,the

taproot grading into the main stem; main stem usually solitary (rarely multiple) from the base of the plant, glabrous,

sparsely to densely puberulent,pubescent,pilose,to hirsute, 2–13 mm wide at the base ________________________ C. fasciculata 1. Plant perennial, 30–60 cm tall, the main root horizontal and generally perpendicular to the main stems; main stems

usually several (rarely solitary) from the base of the plant,glabrous to sparsely puberulent, 1–7 mm wide at the base.

2. Horizontal root to ca. 20+ cm long; anthers dark red to purple-red, sometimes yellow towards the base; flowering year-round,but especially Mar-Aug; [pine rocklands of southern Florida] __________________________________ C. deeringiana 2. Horizontal root to ca.46+ cm long; anthers yellow to yellow-brown;flowering late May-early Aug;[sandy and clayey

pine and oak woodlands of southern Alabama, southwestern Georgia, southeastern Mississippi, and the western

Florida panhandle]______________________________________________________________________________ C. horizontalis

Waltheria : Waltheria bahamensis in Florida Primary author:Alan R. Franck