Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pontederia cordata var. cordata
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pontederia cordata
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 039-02-001:
Pontederia cordata
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pontederia cordata
COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Pickerelweed, Wampee
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JK Marlow jkm080517_107
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Lvs mostly ovate to triangular-lanceolate, base generally cordate or truncate, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Arrowhead, Arum, Elephant's Ear and Pickerelweed
JK Marlow jkm080517_181
May Edgefield County SC
Often in dense colonies, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm080517_185
May Edgefield County SC
Inflorescence a dense terminal spike-like panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
JK Marlow s080517_a
May Edgefield County SC
Leaves basally sheathing, petiolate, and parallel curved-convergent veined, per Plant Systematics.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_cordata_cordatab
August
Flowers 2-lipped, each lip 3-lobed, the upper lip marked with yellow, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.