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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Linderniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Shade Mudflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-10-001:
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Globifera umbrosa
COMMON NAME:
Shade Mudflower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Linderniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-10-001:
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Globifera umbrosa
4236
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in shallow pools, stagnant streams, wet depressions in swamp forests, 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
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Capsule
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