PLANTS Profile for Amsonia ciliata (fringed bluestar)

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PLANTS Profile

Amsonia ciliata Walter
fringed bluestar

Symbol:

AMCI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Apocynaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

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Amsonia ciliata Walter

Distribution:
Amsonia ciliata Walter


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, MO, NC, OK, SC, TX)

Related Taxa:
Amsonia ciliata Walter

View 40 genera in Apocynaceae, 16 species in Amsonia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

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Classification:
Amsonia ciliata Walter

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Apocynaceae – Dogbane family
Genus	Amsonia Walter – bluestar
Species	Amsonia ciliata Walter – fringed bluestar

More Accounts and Images:
Amsonia ciliata Walter

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30133.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 07:38 AM MDT