10 June 2017.
Texas, United States
Locality: Both sides of the road along Texas Route 63 east of Burkeville, TX across the road from a rest stop and 2.8 kilometers west of the Sabine River.
Coordinates: 31.0687, -93.5483
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Elevation: 34m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Spigelia grows in moist woods and thickets along the edges of open woodlands. This site is a roadside where competition is primary from herbaceous species. Plants prefer protection from afternoon sun and generally grown mostly on north facing woodland edges, though, some site can found with other aspects as long as plants are protected from afternoon sun.
Associated species: Smilax sp.; Toxicodendron radicans; Desmodium sp.; Salvia lyrata; Dichanthelium sp.; Carex sp.; Solidago sp.; Allium canadense; Trillium gracile; Mitchella repens; Quercus nigra; Parthenocissus quinquefolia; Carpinus caroliniana; Quercus alba; Vitis rotundifolia; Berchemia scandens; Rubus trivialis; Quercus michauxii; Coreopsis lanceolata; Bignonia capreolata; Liquidambar styraciflua; Uvularia sessilifolia; Passiflora lutea; Crataegus marshallii; Viburnum dentatum; Vitis aestivalis; Ulmus alata; Erigeron philadelphicus; Elephantopus carolinianus; Prunus sp.; Clematis crispa; Chasmanthium sessiliflorum; Sassafras albidum; Alophia drummondii; Viola sp.; Ilex vomitoria
Slope: 2.00453
Comment: DESCRIPTION: Upright, multi-stemmed, deciduous herbaceous perennial to 60 cm tall. Stems are usually simple and unbranched with opposite leaves that are sessile with broadly rounded base and ovate to ovate-lanceolate shape. Leaves range from dark green to pale bluish green. Flowers are typically borne in one-side cymose spikes. Flowers are tubular with small lobes at the top. Flowers are generally 2.5-4 cm long and vivid red on the outer surface, yellow within. Plants spread to form colonies. Plants frequently have flowers and mature fruit on the same plant, blooming from the base to the tip. Fruit is round two-celled pod maturing 6-12 mm in diameter and turning from green to purplish-black and brown at maturity; the pod springs open to eject the tiny black seeds.; SUB-COUNTRY GEO 2: Newton County; COLLECTOR'S NUMBER: S.N.; MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ABOUT WILD COLLECTION: Uncommon in Texas but abundant along the roads sides in a two mile stretch with hundreds (possibly thousands) of plants in the population. [Altitude transmitted as 34.5 meters.];
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