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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heteranthera reniformis
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
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Learn more about Heteranthera from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heteranthera reniformis
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heteranthera reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Heteranthera reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 039-03-001:
Heteranthera reniformis FAMILY Pontederiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heteranthera reniformis
COMMON NAME:
Kidneyleaf Mud Plantain
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_here_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_here_004_lvd
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Bryan England bry_heteranthera_2
August Wake County NC
Leaves reniform or cordate, usually wider than long (2-7.5cm wide), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heteranthera reniformis
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heteranthera reniformis
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heteranthera reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Heteranthera reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 039-03-001:
Heteranthera reniformis
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heteranthera reniformis
3178
Emergent aquatic (rooted along shoreline, or entire plant floating); Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: In shallow, stagnant water in floodplains, or emersed on mud, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Petioles 3-15cm long
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to pale blue
Radially symmetrical
6 petals
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a spike
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p075
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p404
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p006
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