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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 11 taxa in the family Lythraceae, Loosestrife family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Toothcup, Lowland Rotala
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rotala ramosior FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rotala ramosior FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rotala ramosior 135-01-001 FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, exposed drawdown muds and silts
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Roundleaf Toothcup, Dwarf Rotala
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rotala rotundifolia FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rotala rotundifolia FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Canals, other wet disturbed areas
Non-native: Asia
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Common Name:
Red Toothcup, Scarlet Toothcup, valley redstem
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ammannia coccinea FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ammannia coccinea FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ammannia coccinea 135-02-001 FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, exposed muddy river shores and banks, wet pine flatwoods, other wet places
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Water-purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Didiplis diandra FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Didiplis diandra FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Peplis diandra 135-03-001 FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Stagnant water of pools, streams, and old beaverponds
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Water-oleander, Water-willow, Swamp Loosestrife, Peatweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Decodon verticillatus FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Decodon verticillatus FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Decodon verticillatus 135-04-001 FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Natural lakes, limesink ponds, peatlands, peaty swamps
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purple Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lythrum salicaria FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lythrum salicaria FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lythrum salicaria 135-05-002 FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Swamps, marshes, other wet places
Rare
Non-native: Eurasia
Common Name: Southern Winged Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lythrum lanceolatum FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lythrum lanceolatum 135-05-003 FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, blackland prairies, coastal prairies, marshes, swamps, other moist to wet places, ditches
Uncommon in GA, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Winged Loosestrife
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lythrum alatum FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lythrum alatum var. alatum FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Calcareous meadows, marl fens, and disturbed wet calcareous places
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuphea viscosissima FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuphea viscosissima FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuphea viscosissima 135-06-001 FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Dry or wet places, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks
Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Colombian Waxweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuphea carthagenensis FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuphea carthagenensis FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuphea carthagensis 135-06-002 FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Marshes, ditches, floodplain forests, wet hammocks, other wet places
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Crape-myrtle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lagerstroemia indica FAMILY: Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lagerstroemia indica FAMILY: Lythraceae
Habitat: Commonly cultivated, persistent around old plantings, spreading to roadsides, old fields, suburban woodlands, and natural areas
Rare
Non-native: Asia
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