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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bacopa innominata
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Read more about Tropical Water-hyssop at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bacopa innominata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bacopa innominata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Bacopa innominata
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-05-002:
Bacopa cyclophylla FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bacopa stragula
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Herpestis rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Tropical Water-hyssop
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bacopa_innominata
July
Leaves strongly clasping, mostly ovate. Corolla without a yellow throat, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bacopa innominata
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bacopa innominata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Bacopa innominata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Bacopa innominata
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-05-002:
Bacopa cyclophylla
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bacopa stragula
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Herpestis rotundifolia
3588
Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Freshwater and tidal muds, marshes, shallow water, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Nearly radially symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 4-5 lobed corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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