Buchnera floridana | |
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Flowers | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: | Buchnera |
Species: | B. floridana
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Binomial name | |
Buchnera floridana | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Buchnera breviflora Pennell |
Buchnera floridana, the Florida bluehearts, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae.[2] It is native to the southeastern USA, Texas, eastern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama, and most of the Caribbean islands.[1] A hemiparasitic biennial, it is found mostly in wet areas such as open pinelands, flatwoods, and pitcher-plant bogs of the Gulf Coastal Plain.[2]