Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Alisma subcordatum
FAMILY
Alismataceae
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Learn more about Alisma from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alisma subcordatum
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-01-001:
Alisma subcordatum
FAMILY
Alismataceae
COMMON NAME:
Southern Water-plantain, American Water-plantain
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_alsu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_alsu_005_lvd
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Frank Bridges fab_waterplantainflower
June Cobb County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
The inflorescence to 24" long, of numerous whorled panicled branches$WOTSA
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Frank Bridges fab_waterplantainflowerb
June Cobb County GA
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Three whitish petals & many ovaries in a circle on a flattened receptacle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Alisma subcordatum
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alisma subcordatum
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-01-001:
Alisma subcordatum
FAMILY
Alismataceae
2213
Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: marshes, ponds, stream edges, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
3-merous
3 persistent sepals
3 deciduous petals
6-9 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p096
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p335
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p387
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p002