Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Drymaria cordata var. cordata
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drymaria cordata ssp. cordata
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Drymaria cordata var. cordata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drymaria cordata
COMMON NAME:
Drymary, West Indian Chickweed, Heartleaf Drymary
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Drymaria cordata var. cordata
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drymaria cordata ssp. cordata
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Drymaria cordata var. cordata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drymaria cordata
490
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Moist hammocks, moist disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
(3-)5 petals, or sometimes petals absent
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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