Stylisma humistrata (Walter) Chapm.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Convolvulaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems elongate, mostly prostrate, commonly 1–2.5 m, villous to subglabrous; petioles mostly 2–5 mm; lf-blades oblong to elliptic, 3–6 × (0.5–)1–2(–3.5) cm, obtuse and mucronate, rounded below to an often shallowly cordate base; peduncles twice as long as the subtending lvs, bearing at the summit 2–several subulate bracts 1–2 mm and 1–several pedicellate fls; sep lance-ovate to elliptic, glabrous or nearly so outside, 6–9 mm; cor 15–33 mm; style cleft to about half-length, the branches usually more than 3 mm; 2n=28. Dry pine-barrens, chiefly on the coastal plain; e. Va. to n. Fla., w. to Ark. and e. Tex. July, Aug. (Breweria h.)