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Blue Star/Blue Dogbane

Amsonia ciliata

Photo by MrsPbio
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29.1872, -82.1401

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Description:

Perennial, to 3 ft. tall. Leaves alternate, lots of them, grass-like. Flowers are a very pale blue to white. Star-shaped. Calyx is 5-lobed. Seedpods are long, erect, and usually in pairs.

Habitat:

Florida Sandhills and Clayhills. I found this one in the Silver River State Park area. (just outside the park.)

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