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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Didiplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Water-purslane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Didiplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-03-001:
Peplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Didiplis diandra
COMMON NAME:
Water-purslane
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_didi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_didi_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Didiplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Didiplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-03-001:
Peplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Didiplis diandra
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Aquatic w submersed, emersed, or floating leaves, or decumbent terrestrial herb; Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in stagnant water of pools, streams, and old beaverponds, 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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Reddish?
Bisexual
4-merous
4-lobed campanulate calyx
Petals absent
2 included stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Capsule
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