Dyschoriste oblongifolia Fred Heutte chiefly vertine

chiefly vertine

Maidenhairs take their English name from their stems

but true C

the Moravian Jesuit whom Linnaeus commemorated

Dyschoriste oblongifolia Fred Heutte chiefly vertineOblongleaf twinflower, Dyschoriste oblongifolia, is a low, spreading wildflower of the American Southeast, a member of the acanthus family that carpets the dry pine flatwoods, sandhills, and open savannas of Florida and neighboring states. The common name comes from the habit of carrying the small, funnel shaped flowers in pairs, twinned in the leaf axils along low stems, while the botanical epithet oblongifolia simply describes the neat, oblong