Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Riverweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Podostemum ceratophyllum
FAMILY
Podostemaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Podostemum ceratophyllum
FAMILY
Podostemaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 090-01-001:
Podostemum ceratophyllum
FAMILY
Podostemaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Podostemon abrotanoides
INCLUDING & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Podostemon ceratophyllum
COMMON NAME:
Riverweed, Threadfoot, Riffleweed
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1131
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
A highly unusual, alga-like aquatic vascular plant w narrow dissected leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
JK Marlow jkm160628_126
June Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Small disk-like holdfasts anchor it to rocks & ledges of fast-moving streams, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.