Stylisma abdita

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Stylisma abdita, commonly called showy dawnflower, is a threatened flowering plant in the Convolvulaceae family endemic to Florida.

Description

A small perennial, it has white funnel-shaped flowers, trailing stems, hairy alternate leaves, and capsule fruit.https://www.fnai.org/PDFs/FieldGuides/Stylisma_abdita.pdf{{Cite web|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=STAB|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|website=www.wildflower.org}}

Conservation

The species occurs in scrub habitat which is under threat from habitat loss and fragmentation due to development for real estate and agriculture. Historic and current fire suppression is also a threat, as it requires open canopy with full sun exposure.

It is known from an estimated 60 to 70 sites, some of them protected including Ocala National Forest, Lake Wales Ridge State Forest, Archbold Biological Station, Withlacoochee State Forest, Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area, among others.

Gallery

File:Stylisma abdita (flower frontal) - Clermont FL - June 2025.jpg

File:Stylisma abdita (flower underside) - Clermont FL - June 2025.jpg

File:Stylisma abdita (flower buds) - Clermont FL - June 2025.jpg

File:Stylisma abdita (terminal leaves) - Clermont FL - June 2025.jpg

References

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| {{cite web |title=Stylisma abdita|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141918/Stylisma_abdita |website=NatureServe Explorer |access-date=25 May 2025 |language=en}}

{{cite web |url=https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/show-taxon-detail.php?taxonid=5026|title=Stylisma abdita (Showy Dawnflower) - FSUS|website=fsus.ncbg.unc.edu}}

{{cite web| url=https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant.aspx?id=1093| title=Stylisma abdita - Species Details|website=Atlas of Florida Plants}}

{{cite web |title=Stylisma abdita|url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/169416-Stylisma-abdita |website=iNaturalist |access-date=25 May 2025 |language=en}}

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Category:Convolvulaceae

Category:Plants described in 1966

Category:Flora of Florida