Stipulicida setacea

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Stipulicida setacea
Stipulicida setacea (Wire plant) - Boyd Hill, St Petersburg, FL - November 2025.jpg
Blooming in recently burned scrubby flatwood
Status TNC G4.svg
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Stipulicida
Species:
S. setacea
Binomial name
Stipulicida setacea
Michaux [2]

Stipulicida setacea, commonly referred to as wireplant, is a species of flowering plant endemic to the Southeastern United States. [1]

Habitat

It only occurs in the sandy, xeric habitats of the southeast coastal plain; including longleaf pine sandhill and dry flatwoods. [3]


References

  1. 1 2 "Stipulicida setacea". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  2. "Stipulicida setacea ". Florida PlantAtlas. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  3. "Stipulicida setacea ". Flora of the Southeastern United States. Retrieved 1 November 2025.