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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis   FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis   FAMILY Najadaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Najas guadalupensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 025-01-001:

Najas guadalupensis   FAMILY Najadaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Naias guadelupensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Naiad, Southern Waternymph, Common Naiad


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image of Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis, Southern Naiad, Southern Waternymph, Common Naiad

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_025

        

image of Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis, Southern Naiad, Southern Waternymph, Common Naiad

Keith Bradley    kab_n_guadalupensis_74711

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

South Dade Wetlands

Leaves at many nodes along the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2015).


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JK Marlow    jkm160914_145

September        

SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis   FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis   FAMILY Najadaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Najas guadalupensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 025-01-001:
Najas guadalupensis   FAMILY Najadaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Naias guadelupensis

 

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Submersed aquatic (rooted); Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Lakes, rivers, impoundments, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins minutely serrulate, with 50-100 spinulose teeth per leaf side (not evident at 10x magnification)

LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves nearly opposite or appearing whorled

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Perianth absent
1 stamen in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Greenish
Achene

 

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