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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
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)
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
Sometime included in C. asiatica, which otherwise has Old World distribution, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 white [Flora of China describes C. asiatica as "White or rose-tinged"], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm140711_722
July Greenville County SC
Furman University
Peduncles pubescent, shorter than the perioles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.