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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Saururaceae
Saururus cernuus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Saururaceae
Saururus cernuus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Saururaceae
050-01-001
Saururus cernuus
Common Name:
Lizard's Tail, Water-dragon
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in swamps, overwash pools in stream floodplains, ditches, usually where water ponds seasonally or periodically, per Weakley's Flora
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map, click
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Aquatic
...Wet
...Moist
Leaves:
Simple
Alternate
Flower:
Spring/Summer
White (filaments)
Sepals absent
Petals absent
Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p290
All About SC Wildflowers p250
Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p159
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p168
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p402
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p050
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p058
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p124
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p030
Wildflowers of Tennessee p026
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JK Marlow
jkm070528_089
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May
Laurens County
SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0506k_09
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June
Union County
SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow
jkm0506k_15
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June
Union County
SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow
jkm070703_094
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July
Raleigh County
WV
Sandstone Falls
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm070703_099
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July
Raleigh County
WV
Sandstone Falls
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm070703_106
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July
Raleigh County
WV
Creekside/Riverside
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm070703_117
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July
Raleigh County
WV
Creekside/Riverside
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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Steve Marlow
snm070703d101_057
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July
Raleigh County
WV
Creekside/Riverside
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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