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Sclerolepis uniflora

Sclerolepis uniflora (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

pink bog-button

Sclerolepis uniflora (Pink bog-button)
Image ID: 15890
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: SCUN3
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sclerolepis uniflora
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-01-05

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: SCLER5
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Sclerolepis
GENUS AUTHORITY: Cass.
GENUS COMMON: Bogbutton
GENUS SUMMARY: A monotypic genus, a perennial herb, of se. North America.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Lamont in FNA (2006c); Cronquist (1980)=SE.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ASTERA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Asteraceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792
FAMILY COMMON: Aster Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Erect, colonial perennial found in shallow water or on shores of clay-based Carolina bays, natural lakes, blackwater streams and swamps, and in seepage wetlands, including sea-level fens.
STEMS: Stems submerged-floating in shallow water or ascending-spreading on muddy shores, slender, mat-forming and glandular.
LEAVES: Leaves numerous in whorls of 3-6, sessile, linear to needle-like, 1/4-1 in. long.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Composite flowers (heads) usually solitary at stem ends; 1/4-1/2 in. wide; consisting of about 50 purplish-pink or white, tubular disk florets with protruding style branches. 2 series of narrow, glandular, green bracts enclose the bell-shaped base of each head.
FRUITS: Fruit a dark brown to black achene.
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 4-16 in.
DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb
LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Whorled
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION:
FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Mixed
BLOOM TIME: May-Aug
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BLOOM COLOR: Pink
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FRUITING PERIOD: Jul-Oct.
DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Aquatic, Bogs/pocosins, Bottomlands
NATIVE RANGE:
HORTICULTURAL
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Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
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USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: SCUN3
USDA Common Name: Pink Bogbutton
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NH, NJ, RI, SC, VA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: OBL OBL OBL

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina

NHP IDS RANKROUNDED S RANKG RANKROUNDED G RANKSTATE STATUSFEDERAL STATUS
19119 S2 S2 G4 G4 SR-T

This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sclerolepis uniflora
COMMON NAME: Sclerolepis
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, GW, K, RAB, SE, Va, WH3]
PHENOLOGY: May-Aug; Jul-Oct.
HABITAT: In shallow water (later sometimes stranded on shore by dropping water levels) of clay-based Carolina bays, natural lake shores, blackwater stream shores and swamps, in seepage wetlands including sea-level fens.
COMMENTS: NH south to c. peninsular FL, west to sw. AL (very rare north of NC); slightly disjunct in s. MS and se. LA (Sorrie & LeBlond 2008).
RANGE MAP: Sclerolepis uniflora.png

Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Asteraceae Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792 (Aster Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution.
REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Sclerolepis Cass. (Bogbutton)
SUMMARY: A monotypic genus, a perennial herb, of se. North America.
REFERENCE: Lamont in FNA (2006c); Cronquist (1980)=SE.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Sclerolepis uniflora in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Sclerolepis uniflora in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Sclerolepis uniflora in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Sclerolepis uniflora in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Sclerolepis uniflora in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Sclerolepis uniflora

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 15890 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 15890 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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