''Amsonia tabernaemontana'', the eastern bluestar, is a North American species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...

, found in central and eastern North America.

Gallery

File:Amsonia tabernaemontana kz01.jpg, Detail of inflorescence File:Amsonia tabernaemontana container plant in fruit (paired follicles).jpg, Container plant in fruit, showing paired follicles File:Amsonia tabernaemontana paired follicles at tip of fruiting stem.jpg, Paired follicles at the tip of fruiting stem File:Amsonia tabernaemontana single paired follicle detached from plant (pale side).jpg, Unripe, ‘V’-shaped pair of follicles detached from plant File:Amsonia tabernaemontana paired fruits ripe seeds.jpg, Ripe paired follicles with seeds removed and juxtaposed File:Amsonia tabernaemontana seeds x10 approx.jpg, Cylindrical/prismatic seeds (x10 approx) showing deeply fissured testae

References

tabernaemontana ''Tabernaemontana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and a wide assortment of oceanic islands. These plants are evergreen ...

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