Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (11/30/12):
Echinodorus cordifolius
FAMILY
Alismataceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Echinodorus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinodorus cordifolius
FAMILY
Alismataceae
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Echinodorus cordifolius ssp. cordifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-02-001:
Echinodorus cordifolius
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinodorus radicans
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Burhead, Creeping Water-plantain
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ecco3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ecra2_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmecordifolius_moultrie
May Berkeley County SC
Lake Moultrie
Leaves multimorphic, plants with differently shaped emersed, submersed, or floating leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Dan Whitten sdw_echinodorus2
May Georgetown County SC
Flower scapes at maturity arching & rooting down (vs. E. berteroi & grandiflorus rigidly erect), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Dan Whitten sdw_echinodorus3
May Georgetown County SC
Flowers 1" w 3 spreading rounded petals, 3 sepals, & a central compound ovary ringed by stamens, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Dan Whitten sdw_ecordifolius
May Georgetown County SC
Basal leaves with long petioles & heart-shaped blades 1.2-6" wide, 2-8" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdme_cordifolius
Month Unknown
Flowers on slender 1" pedicels, in whorls of 5-15 at widely-spaced nodes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmecordifolius_2
Month Unknown
Leaves clustered, erect and rising above water surface on long, 3-sided petioles, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (11/30/12):
Echinodorus cordifolius
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinodorus cordifolius
FAMILY
Alismataceae
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Echinodorus cordifolius ssp. cordifolius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-02-001:
Echinodorus cordifolius
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinodorus radicans
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Marginal emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: swamps, ditches, wet thickets, especially on base-rich substrates, such as over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
3-merous
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of Alabama p12
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p333
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p096
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p335
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p387