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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis
FAMILY
Hydrocharitaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Najas from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis
FAMILY
Najadaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Najas guadalupensis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 025-01-001:
Najas guadalupensis FAMILY Najadaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Naias guadelupensis
COMMON NAME:
Southern Naiad, Southern Waternymph, Common Naiad
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_025
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Keith Bradley kab_n_guadalupensis_74711
June Miami-Dade County FL
South Dade Wetlands
Leaves at many nodes along the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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JK Marlow jkm160914_145
September
SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis
FAMILY
Hydrocharitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis
FAMILY
Najadaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis
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Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Najas guadalupensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 025-01-001:
Najas guadalupensis
FAMILY
Najadaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Naias guadelupensis
3992
Submersed aquatic (rooted); Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Lakes, rivers, impoundments, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins minutely serrulate, with 50-100 spinulose teeth per leaf side (not evident at 10x magnification)
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves nearly opposite or appearing whorled
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Perianth absent
1 stamen in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Greenish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of Alabama (Lovell, 2007) p46
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p235
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