North Carolina Wildflowers

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Caprifoliaceae > Triosteum (horse-gentian, feverwort)

Orangefruit Horse-Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum) Orangefruit Horse-Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum aurantiacum)
Clay Co., NC
19 May 2007

Rare in the western half of North Carolina, this species is found in forested habitats on calcareous soils.

Orangefruit Horse-Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum) Orangefruit Horse-Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum aurantiacum)
Clay Co., NC
19 May 2007

Orangefruit Horse-Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum) Orangefruit Horse-Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum aurantiacum)
Clay Co., NC
19 May 2007

Orangefruit Horse-Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum) Orangefruit Horse-Gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum aurantiacum)
Clay Co., NC
19 May 2007


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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