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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Didiplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Water-purslane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
See Heterophylly of Didiplis diandra (Lythraceae) and a Key to Some Rooted Shallow Water and Shoreline Herbs of the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont (Horn, 2011) for discussion of the submersed and emersed leaf forms of Didiplis, and how to distinguish them from superficially similar species.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Didiplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Didiplis diandra
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Didiplis diandra
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-03-001:
Peplis diandra FAMILY Lythraceae
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Didiplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Didiplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Didiplis diandra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Didiplis diandra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-03-001:
Peplis diandra
FAMILY
Lythraceae
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Aquatic w submersed, emersed, or floating leaves, or decumbent terrestrial herb; Forb
Annual
Habitat: Stagnant water of pools, streams, and old beaverponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Reddish?
4-merous
4-lobed campanulate calyx
Petals absent
2 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Capsule
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