North Carolina Wildflowers

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Rubiaceae>Diodia

Poorjoe (Diodia teres) Poorjoe (Diodia teres)
Caswell Co., NC
17 June 2006

Common statewide in NC in dry, open, often disturbed areas, this pretty little wildflower is a native.

Poorjoe (Diodia teres) Poorjoe (Diodia teres)
Caswell Co., NC
17 June 2006

Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana)
Brunswick Co., NC
26 Aug 2006

Common statewide in moist habitats like wet ditches and pond shores.

Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana)
Brunswick Co., NC
26 Aug 2006

Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana)
Brunswick Co., NC
26 Aug 2006


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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