Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Cabombaceae
Cabomba caroliniana

GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database: Cabombaceae
Cabomba caroliniana +

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Cabombaceae
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Cabomba caroliniana

Common Name:
Fanwort, Carolina Fanwort

Aquatic Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon, rare in Piedmont & probably introduced there)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in millponds, lakes, slow-moving streams, per Weakley's Flora



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Aquatic

Leaves:
Simple
Submersed leaves opposite/ floating leaves inconspicuous, alternate

Flower:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals (usually)
3 petals (usually)
3-6 stamens
Superior ovary

Fruit:
Spring/Summer/Fall

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!




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