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1. Apteria aphylla (Nuttall) Barnhart ex Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 309. 1903.
Nodding-nixie
Lobelia aphylla Nuttall, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 5: 297. 1822; Apteria setacea Nuttall
Stems often purplish, 3–27 cm. Leaves often purplish, 1.5–4 × 0.5–1.5 mm. Inflorescences: floral bracts 2–4 mm. Flowers 8–14 mm; perianth purple or white with purplish longitudinal stripes inside throat and purplish perianth lobes; lobes erect, incurved and converging but not connate; outer lobes ovate to triangular, 1.5–4 mm; inner lobes lanceolate, ± as long as outer. Capsules 3–6 mm.
Flowering late summer--fall. Bogs, alluvial and upland rich woods; 0--100 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Tex.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America (to Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil).
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