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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bacopa caroliniana
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Water-hyssop at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The strongly fragrant stems and leaves are unique, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bacopa caroliniana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bacopa caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Bacopa caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-05-003:
Bacopa caroliniana FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrotrida caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_baca_004_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyca16_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bacopa_caroliniana
July
Flowers bell-shaped with 5 lobes (the upper 2 joined for half their length), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbcarolinian_cypressg1
August Berkeley County SC
Cypress Gardens
Flowers 5/8" long, borne singly on short stalks in upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbcarolinian_cypressg2
August Berkeley County SC
Cypress Gardens
Leaves w 3-7 palmate veins and a minty fragrance distinctive among aquatics, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bacopa caroliniana
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bacopa caroliniana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bacopa caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Bacopa caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-05-003:
Bacopa caroliniana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrotrida caroliniana
2404
Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet shores, tidal muds, marshes, disturbed wetland sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming extensive mats
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
Nearly radially symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 4-5 lobed rotate corolla
4 stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p331
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p475
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p089
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p327
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p160
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p290
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