Stylisma pickeringii

Stylisma pickeringii, commonly called Pickering's dawnflower, is a species of flowering plant in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae). It is native to the United States, where it patchily distributed across central and eastern regions.^[1] Its natural habitat is in dry sandhill prairies.^[2] It is apparently tolerant of ecologically disturbed conditions, and can persist in degraded former sand prairies.^[3]

Stylisma pickeringii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Convolvulaceae
Genus:	Stylisma
Species:	S. pickeringii
Binomial name
Stylisma pickeringii (Torr. ex M.A.Curtis) A.Gray

Stylisma pickeringii is perennial that grows sprawling across the ground. It has linear leaves 1-3 mm wide. It produces white flowers from May to August.^[3][4]

Taxonomy

Two varieties of Stylisma pickeringii are currently recognized.^[2] They are:

• S. pickeringii var. pattersonii - Native to the South Central Region, the Great Plains, and the Midwest.
• S. pickeringii var. pickeringii - Native to the Southeastern United States and disjunct in New Jersey