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Emergent aquatic that also has floating leaves (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it in swamps, marshes, ponds, pools, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Unisexual
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Limnobium spongia FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 028-04-001:
Limnobium spongia FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Limnobium spongia

COMMON NAME:
American Frogsbit, Spongeplant

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JK Marlow jkm160914_101

September

SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

Leaves long-stalked with floating or emergent blades, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.

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