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Clasping Warea
Warea amplexifolia
29.0851, -81.8905
Field Notes
Description:
A critically endangered plant, endemic to Florida. Slender woody stems, often branched, with a round ball of flowers at the ends of the stems. Inflorescence is about 2" across. When mature, there are striking seed pods that hang down below the inflorescence. Flowers are pale lavender and white. Entire plant may be up to a meter tall.
It's called "Clasping" because the leaves wrap all the way around the stem. Between the stalked, drooping seed pods and the leaves, it's hard to misidentify this beauty.
Habitat:
Turkey Oak Sandhills- seems to prefer light gaps and sunny edges with full sun. More studies are being done to learn more about the exact requirements of this plant.
Notes:
I helped do a habitat survey for a population on private land today. Hard hot sweaty buggy work, but I loved every moment. After counting the plants, and collecting all sorts of data about the plants and the habitat in general, we "bagged" some of the nearly-mature seed heads so the mature seeds would fall into the bag. The biologist in charge will go back and collect them in a few days.
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