Seymeria pectinata
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Seymeria |
| Species: | S. pectinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Seymeria pectinata | |
Seymeria pectinata, commonly called combleaf blacksenna, comb seymeria, or piedmont blacksenna, is a species of annual herb endemic to several states of the U.S. southeast coastal plain.[1] It was also historically found in Louisiana.[3] It, like most other members of Orobanchaceae is a hemiparasite, specifically of pines.[3]
Description
S. pectinata can grow up to 75 centimeters (approximately 2.6 feet) in height.[4] The leaves are oppositely arranged, and are greater than 1 centimeter in length. When inflorescence occurs flowers are yellow in color.[5]
Habitat
It occurs in sandy, fire-dependent pine habitats of the southeast including flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhill, pine barrens, and scrubby flatwoods.[3]
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References
- ^ a b c "Seymeria pectinata". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Seymeria pectinata". Florida PlantAtlas. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Seymeria pectinata". Flora of the Southeastern United States. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Musselman, Lytton J.; Mann, William F., Jr. 1978. Root parasites of southern forests. U.S. Depepartment of Agriculture Forest Service General Technical Report SO-20, 76 p.
- ^ Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 956. Print.