Stillingia sylvatica

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Stillingia sylvatica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Stillingia
Species:
S. sylvatica
Binomial name
Stillingia sylvatica
L. [2]

Stillingia sylvatica, known as queen's-delight or queen's delight, [3] [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. [2] It was described in 1767. [5] It is endemic to the south-central and southeastern United States, growing in sandy areas such as sandhills and pine flatwoods. [2] [4] [6]

It is an herb or subshrub averaging 25–70 cm (9.8–27.6 in) in height. It has alternate, ovate leaves with short petioles, reaching 10 cm (3.9 in) in length and 3 cm (1.2 in) in width. The leaf margins are serrulate to crenulate with incurved teeth. Each crowded inflorescence has four to seven staminate flowers and three to four pistillate flowers. Queen's delight flowers between March and June, fruiting from April to September. [4]

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References

  1. NatureServe (2024). "Stillingia sylvatica". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stillingia sylvatica L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stillingia sylvatica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  4. 1 2 3 Levin, G. A.; Gillespie, L. J. (2016). "Stillingia sylvatica". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 12. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2018-11-22 via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. "Stillingia sylvatica L." ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  6. V. C. Batterson and W. M. Potts (1951): "The analysis and characterization of the oil from the seed of Stillingia sylvatica". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, volume 28, issue 3, pages 87–88. doi:10.1007/BF02612199