familyCommelinaceae
genusCallisia
speciesCallisia ornata

Callisia ornata

(Small) G. C. Tucker

Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 70:118. 1989.

Robert B. Faden
Endemic
Basionym: Cuthbertia ornata Small Man. S.E. Fl., 259. 1933
Synonyms: Tradescantia rosea var. ornata (Small) E. S. Anderson & Woodson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Herbs, perennial, not or only scarcely cespitose, erect. Roots persistently densely woolly. Stems 20–50 cm. Leaves strongly ascending; basal leaf-sheaths glabrous to puberulent; blade linear, (2–) 10–25 × 0.1–0.4 cm (distal leaf-blades much narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened). Inflorescences: bracts not distinct from bracteoles, usually minute, 1–3 (–7) mm, scarious (rarely somewhat herbaceous). Flowers pedicellate; pedicels 1–1.5 cm; petals pink to rose, 9–13 mm; stamens 6; filaments bearded; ovary 3-locular. Capsules 3-locular, 3–5 mm. Seeds 1.5–2 mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring, fall.
Habitat: Coastal strand

Distribution

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Oak, pine, and palmetto woods and scrub, occasionally fields or roadsides, usually in sandy soil, Fla.

Discussion

A white-flowered form has been described from central Florida as Callisia ornata forma leucantha Lakela (O. Lakela 1972), but such color forms are hardly worth taxonomic recognition.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Author
Robert B. Faden +
Authority
(Small) G. C. Tucker +
Basal sheath pubescence
glabrous;puberulent +
Basionyms
Cuthbertia ornata +
Blade architecture
sessile +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade atypical length
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Blade length
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Blade texture
succulent +
Blade width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Bract architecture
spathaceous +
Bract atypical some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Bract fusion
not distinct +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract prominence
inconspicuous +
Bract size
minute +
Bract some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Bract texture
scarious +
Bracteole duration
persistent +
Capsule architecture
2-3-valved +
Capsule architecture or structure in adjective form
3-locular +
Capsule dehiscence
loculicidal +
Capsule some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Cyme architecture
sessile +
Cyme condition or size
contracted +
Cyme shape
umbel-like +
Distribution
Oak +, pine +, and palmetto woods and scrub +, occasionally fields or roadsides +, usually in sandy soil +  and Fla. +
Embryotegum position
Abaxial (?) +
Embryotegum shape
lidlike +
Filament pubescence
bearded +
Flower architecture
pedicellate +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Habitat
Coastal strand +
Hilum shape
Punctiform (?) +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
thyrsiform +  and cymose +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
umbel-like +
Inflorescence size
reduced +
Leaf arrangement
2-ranked +  and arranged +
Leaf orientation
ascending +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin arrangement
parallel +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
3-locular +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule architecture or arrangement
1-seriate +
Ovule atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Ovule quantity
2 +
Pedicel development
developed +
Pedicel height or length or size
short +
Pedicel some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Petal architecture
petaloid +
Petal architecture or texture
deliquescent +
Petal coloration
pink +  and rose +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal quantity
3 +
Petal shape
not clawed +
Petal size
unequal +
Petal some measurement
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (?) +
Petal variability
equal +
Phenology
Flowering spring, fall. +
Publication title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum +
Publication year
1989 +
Reference
None +
Root architecture
tuberous +
Root pubescence
woolly +
Root width
thin +
Seed atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Seed quantity
2 +
Seed some measurement
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Sepal architecture
sepaloid +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal quantity
3 +
Sepal size
subequal +
Sheath condition
closed +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +
Stamen position
staminodial +
Stamen presence
absent +
Stamen quantity
6 +
Stamen reproduction
fertile +
Stamen variability
equal +
Stem some measurement
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
Stigma architecture
simple +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma size
not +  and enlarged +
Style architecture
simple +
Style quantity
1 +
Style size
slender +
Synonyms
Tradescantia rosea var. ornata +
Taxon family
Commelinaceae +
Taxon name
Callisia ornata +
Taxon parent
Callisia +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 22 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +  and cespitose +
Whole organism orientation
erect +
X chromosome quantity
6 +  and 8 +