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Linderniaceae > Lindernia (false-pimpernel)

Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel (Lindernia monticola) Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel (Lindernia monticola)
Thin soils over granite outcrop in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009

Generally rare in the western 2/3 of North Carolina, Flatrock Pimpernel is listed by the NC Natural Heritage Program on the "Watch List".

Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel (Lindernia monticola) Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel (Lindernia monticola)
Thin soils over granite outcrop in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009

Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel (Lindernia monticola) Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel (Lindernia monticola)
Thin soils over granite outcrop in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009

Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel (Lindernia monticola) Flatrock Pimpernel, Riverbank Pimpernel, Piedmont False-pimpernel (Lindernia monticola)
Thin soils over granite outcrop in Alexander Co., NC
3 July 2009

Leaves are glandular punctate.



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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