Aquatic
...Wet
...Moist
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Saururus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Saururus cernuus
FAMILY
Saururaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Saururus cernuus
FAMILY
Saururaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 050-01-001:
Saururus cernuus
FAMILY
Saururaceae
COMMON NAME:
Lizard's Tail, Water-dragon
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sace_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sace_004_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_cernuus_73563
March Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Leaves are broad, pale green, heart-shaped, and entire, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_cernuus_73566
March Collier County FL
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Similar to Fairywand's inflorescence, but not to its leaves or habitat, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
Fairywand and Lizard's Tail
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JK Marlow jkm0506k_15
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_saururus_cernuus_6
June
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JK Marlow jkm070703_099
July Raleigh County WV
Sandstone Falls
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JK Marlow jkm070703_106
July Raleigh County WV
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm070703_117
July Raleigh County WV
Creekside/Riverside
Perennial wetland herb that forms large colonies from underground rhizomes, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Steve Marlow snm070703d101_057
July Raleigh County WV
Creekside/Riverside