2389

Forb
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in marshy areas, ditches, exposed muddy river slopes and banks, other wet places, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite cauline

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
Bisexual
4 petals or petals absent

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purple
Capsule

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wildflowers of Tennessee p145

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Ammannia coccinea   FAMILY Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ammannia coccinea   FAMILY Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 135-02-001:
Ammannia coccinea   FAMILY Lythraceae