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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Bacopa innominata
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Tropical Water-hyssop at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bacopa innominata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-05-002:
Bacopa cyclophylla
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bacopa stragula
COMMON NAME:
Tropical Water-hyssop
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bacopa_innominata
July
Leaves strongly clasping, mostly ovate. Corolla without a yellow throat, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Bacopa innominata
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bacopa innominata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-05-002:
Bacopa cyclophylla
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bacopa stragula
3588
Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in freshwater tidal muds, marshes, shallow water, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Nearly radially symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 4-5 lobed corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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