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Read more about Blue Water-hyssop at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Bacopa caroliniana
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bacopa caroliniana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-05-003:
Bacopa caroliniana
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_baca_004_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyca16_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bacopa_caroliniana
July
Flowers bell-shaped with 5 lobes (the upper 2 joined for half their length), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbcarolinian_cypressg1
August Berkeley County SC
Cypress Gardens
Flowers 5/8" long, borne singly on short stalks in upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbcarolinian_cypressg2
August Berkeley County SC
Cypress Gardens
Leaves w 3-7 palmate veins and a minty fragrance distinctive among aquatics, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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aquatic plants