LOGANIACEAE

Mitreola petiolata (J.F. Gmel.) Torr. & Gray

Greek mitra = mitre or cap, in reference to the fruit resembling a cap.

Common names: lax hornpod

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Flowers are in long-peduncled cymes. Five sepals, petals and stamens.	fruit is a two-horned capsule.
Leaves are ovate-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate. Mitreola petiolata grows in moist, sandy areas and ponds. This one was growing in shallow sand on limestone.