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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centella erecta
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centella erecta
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-02-001:
Centella asiatica FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Centella repanda
COMMON NAME:
Centella, Erect Coinleaf, False Pennywort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ceer2_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160415_155
April Turner County GA
Sometimes included in C. asiatica, which otherwise has an Old World distribution, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm160416_338
April Lowndes County GA
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JK Marlow jkm140601_301
May Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140601_301b
May Greenville County SC
Furman University
Leaves entire to repand (weakly sinuate) to dentate, cordate or truncate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140601_307
May Greenville County SC
Furman University
Leaves pubescent beneath; petioles lanate to glabrescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140604_457
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140611_720
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140612_748
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
Petals soon deciduous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140612_771
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140612_774
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
Petals of C. asiatica are described as "white or rose-tinged" by Flora of China, and as white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140612_781
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140612_802
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140612_807
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
Rhizomatous, acaulescent perennial. Leaves usually clustered at the nodes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140711_716
July Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140711_719
July Greenville County SC
Furman University
Involucre of 2 conspicuous bracts. Umbels simple, subcapitate, axillary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140711_722
July Greenville County SC
Furman University
Peduncles pubescent, shorter than the petioles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Sharleen Johnson shj_3295175050700080
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centella erecta
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centella erecta
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-02-001:
Centella asiatica
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Centella repanda
3668
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pondshores, ditches, and a wide variety of other moist to wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves have long petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish
5-merous
Sepals obsolete
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in simple, axillary umbels
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p139
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p058
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p030
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p178
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