Stillingia sylvatica

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Family:EUPHORBIACEAE
Species:Stillingia sylvatica L.
Common Name:Queen's Delight; Queen's Root; Yawroot
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:STSY
Plant Notes:Queen's Delight is a native herbaceous perennial in the Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). It is native to the southern half of Alabama. Queen's Delight occurs in sandhills, in scrub oak woods, in dry sandy pine forests, and on roadside banks. It is a perennial with a woody rhizome. Each root crown produces 1-many upright to ascending stems. The stems are green in color, glabrous, and usually unbranched. Leaves are alternate, short petiolate, ovate to lanceolate or elliptic in outline, glabrous, with serrate margins. The stems and leaves exude a sticky white latex when injured. This latex quickly dries when exposed to the air and helps seal wounds and glue the mouth parts of insect herbivores closed. Flowers are produced in a bisexual terminal spike with female flowers below the male flowers. Each inflorescence has 3-4 green pistillate flowers with 3 sepals and no petals, and 4-7 yellowish-green staminate flowers with 2 sepals and no petals. The fruit is a 3-locular capsule.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE - Spurge family
Genus Stillingia
Species Stillingia sylvatica L. - Queen's Delight; Queen's Root; Yawroot

Citation

Citation Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 637. 1767.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, Garden s.n. (lectotype: LINN 1147.1). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal, in C.E. Jarvis et al., Regnum Veg. 127: 91. 1993.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Sapium sylvaticum Sapium sylvaticum (Linnaeus) Torrey, in Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 201. 1858 ("1859").Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus 1767. 
Stillingia angustifolia Stillingia angustifolia (Müller Argoviensis) Engelmann ex S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 154. 1883.Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, var. angustifolia Müller Argoviensis 1866. 
Stillingia lanceolata Stillingia lanceolata Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 5: 176. 1837. ARKANSAS: Sebastian Co.: Belle Point, Fort Smith, s.d., Pitcher s.n. (holotype: PH?; isotype: NY).
Stillingia salicifolia Stillingia salicifolia (Torrey) Rafinesque, Atl. J. 146. 1832.Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, var. salicifolia Torrey 1827. 
Stillingia smallii Stillingia smallii Wooten & Standley, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 405. 1915, nom. illegit.Stillingia salicifolia (Torrey) Rafinesque 1832; Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, var. salicifolia Torrey 1827. 
Stillingia sylvatica subsp. tenuis Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, subsp. tenuis (Small) D. J. Rogers, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38: 241. 1951.Stillingia tenuis Small 1905. 
Stillingia sylvatica var. angustifolia Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, var. angustifolia Müller Argoviensis, in de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1158. 1866. FLORIDA
Stillingia sylvatica var. genuina Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, var. genuina Müller Argoviensis, in de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1158. 1866, nom. inadmiss.Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus 1767. 
Stillingia sylvatica var. salicifolia Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, var. salicifolia Torrey, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 245. 1827. Without data, James s.n. (lectotype: NY). Lectotypified by D. J. Rogers, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38: 239. 1951.
Stillingia sylvatica var. spathulata Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, var. spathulata Müller Argoviensis, in de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1158. 1866.  
Stillingia tenuis Stillingia tenuis Small, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 429. 1905. FLORIDA: Miami-Dade Co.: Between Homestead and Camp Jackson, 4-11 May 1904, Small & Wilson 1580 (holotype: NY; isotype: NY).
Stillingia spathulata Stillingia spathulata (Müller Argoviensis) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 704, 1333. 1903.Stillingia sylvatica Linnaeus, var. spathulata Müller Argoviensis 1866. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Lee, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 1987

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU125349 Lee 11 May 1964 Bozarth, Gene A.
s.n.		 JSU
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0016458 Autauga 12 Jun 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25176		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0002799 Butler 24 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21965		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0012628 Bullock 19 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
553		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
TROY000004800 Dale 31 May 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
227		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_45180 Russell 11 May 1979 Simms, F.H.
84		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000004796 Bullock 08 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13517		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0001034 Washington 29 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6055		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica L.
AUA_ACC_49892 Crenshaw 25 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6108		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UNA00062306 Hale 15 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11967		 UNA
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L. subsp. sylvatica
AUA_ACC_23989 Chilton 20 May 1971 Freeman, John D.
722		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
AUA_ACC_3310 Lee 12 May 1964 Creel, John
 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000043528 Choctaw 18 Jul 2015 Keener, Brian R.
9010		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
JSU125344 Baldwin 26 Jul 1968 Johnson, Stephen C.
49-87		 JSU
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0035641 Mobile 06 Jun 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2565		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0043778 Baldwin 03 Jun 2002 Nation, N. Fred
989		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica L.
USAM000006090 Clarke 04 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39706		 USAM
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0050961 Chilton 09 May 1971 Dean, Blanche E.
332		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica
AUA_ACC_63399 Hale 15 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11967		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L. Ssp. Sylvatica
TROY000004804 Pike 30 Jul 1996 Holmes, Jeanese
233		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0030298 Choctaw 18 Jul 2015 Keener, Brian R.
9010		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica L.
AUA_ACC_46157 Pike 26 Jun 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3373		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
ALNHS00002815 Covington 20 May 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1367		 ALNHS
Stillingia sylvatica L.
AUA_ACC_58876 Pike 1999 Martin, Brian
121		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UWAL0019133 Choctaw 08 Jun 1996 Kral, Robert
85987		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica L.
TROY000048851 Autauga 06 Aug 2019 Parker, Matthew R.
1874		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
USAM000006086 Baldwin 18 May 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8460B		 USAM
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_53145 Butler 2 Jul 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
5934		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000004799 Dale 10 Jun 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
793		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_14245 Lee 11 May 1966 Searcy, James W.
 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
AUA_ACC_26461 Geneva 7 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
35093		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000004802 Monroe 27 May 2001 Kral, Robert
91206		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_12335 Baldwin 1 May 1965 Koelling, Alfred C.
2247		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UNA00060139 Hale 04 Jun 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10400		 UNA
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L.
AUA_ACC_37133 Covington 9 Jun 1981 O'Halloran, K.
174		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UNA00067048 Sumter 14 May 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3603		 UNA
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L.
AUA_ACC_49331 Montgomery 12 Jun 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5015		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000036012 Barbour 01 Jun 2012 Minton, Eric W.
34		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
TROY000032766 Butler 24 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21965		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
JSU125347 Elmore 30 Jul 1978 Kral, Robert
62337		 JSU
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
TROY000042725 Coffee 19 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26515		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_43930 Conecuh 10 Jun 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2569		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
AUA_ACC_21282 Lee 16 May 1970 Beniwal, S.P.
 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000043966 Henry 23 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27501		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_70526 Washington 29 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6055		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UWAL0039301 Henry 23 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27501		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_63004 Hale 23 May 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
13930		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UWAL0034585 Coffee 05 Jun 1995 Kral, Robert
84870		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica Garden
JSU125346 Clarke 24 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14324		 JSU
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_19418 Henry 25 May 1971 Moore, Harold D.
1173		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000019024 Hale 23 May 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
13930		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
JSU125350 Mobile 3 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39615		 JSU
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UNA00020152 Perry 09 Jul 1987 Haynes, Robert R.
9237		 UNA
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L.
AUA_ACC_21281 Macon 24 May 1970 Davidson, John
136		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000019027 Sumter 14 May 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3603		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
USAM000006087 Mobile 04 May 1968 Scott, D.L.
172		 USAM
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
TROY000029616 Baldwin 27 May 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
605		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_3286 Lee 1924 Anonymous
 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UWAL0007630 Sumter 14 May 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3603		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica L.
TROY000004803 Pike 01 Apr 1999 Martin, Brian H.
121		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
TROY000004797 Coffee 09 May 2000 Martin, Brian H.
709		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_3287 Lee 16 May 1954 Jones, Charles L.
 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000019025 Hale 04 Jun 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10400		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_3281 Lee 23 Apr 1955 Miller, W.W.
 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UWAL0037724 Baldwin 18 May 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8460.2		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica Garden
AUA_ACC_3285 Lee 21 May 1949 Cunningham, Hugh B.
 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000004798 Crenshaw 30 May 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11704		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
JSU125351 Washington 3 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39580		 JSU
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UNA00020153 Chilton 09 Jul 1987 Haynes, Robert R.
9207		 UNA
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L.
USAM000006088 Mobile 04 May 1968 Scott, D.L.
164		 USAM
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0053103 Autauga 29 May 2000 Horn, J.W.
3152		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica L.
AUA000042370 Baldwin 30 Jun 1926 Wolf, Wolfgang
2598		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000046869 Baldwin 18 May 1975 Lelong, Michel G.
8460B		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
TROY000032342 Washington 29 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6055		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_42458 Macon 15 Jul 1972 Hybart, Michael G.
135		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000037131 Bullock 19 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
553		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_48082 Bullock 13 May 1978 Mason, Hugh
119		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UWAL0046906 Autauga 06 Aug 2019 Parker, Matthew R.
1874		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
TROY000019026 Hale 15 Jun 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11967		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
USAM000006089 Baldwin 18 May 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8479B		 USAM
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_24365 Chilton 19 May 1972 Redmond, Bill
43		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UWAL0007629 Crenshaw 26 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19335		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica L.
AUA_ACC_17631 Macon 27 Jun 1969 Thornhill, Randy
52		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000004801 Dale 26 Apr 1998 Rundell, Hannelore
559		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_56468 Pike 12 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51215		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UNA00020151 Mobile _ May 1883 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L.
AUA000041057 Bullock 20 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
WLE5		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UNA00061119 Tuscaloosa 11 May 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11844		 UNA
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L.
AUA_ACC_3283 Lee 12 May 1953 Eden, Jr., Thomas M.
 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000036168 Barbour 01 Jun 2012 Minton, Eric W.
34		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_5462 Baldwin 20 Jun 1968 Burttram, A.Kenneth
 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
TROY000033779 Marengo 04 Jun 2010 England, J. Kevin
2527		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_43931 Escambia 10 Jun 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2567		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
JSU125345 Choctaw 3 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39654		 JSU
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UNA00020154 Lee 21 Jun 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7851		 UNA
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L.
JSU125348 Greene 2 May 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10726		 JSU
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
TROY000039322 Autauga 12 Jun 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25176		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_50693 Crenshaw 4 May 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6870		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UWAL0015486 Wilcox 17 Jun 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica L.
TROY000019028 Tuscaloosa 11 May 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11844		 TROY
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
UWAL0002666 Marengo 04 Jun 2010 England, J. Kevin
2527		 UWAL
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
JSU125343 Baldwin 11 Jun 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9894		 JSU
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_19134 Macon 24 Jun 1969 Moore, Harold D.
234-69		 AUA
Stillingia Sylvatica Garden Ex L.
UNA00020150 Mobile 30 May 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D922		 UNA
Stillingia sylvatica Garden ex L.
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