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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Mayaca fluviatilis
FAMILY
Mayacaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Mayaca from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mayaca fluviatilis
FAMILY
Mayacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 034-01-002:
Mayaca fluviatilis FAMILY Mayacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mayaca fluviatilis
COMMON NAME:
Stream Bogmoss
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_mayaca_fluviatilis1
June Richmond County NC
The very leafy creeping stems resemble a moss or clubmoss, hence the name, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_mayaca_fluviatilis1b
June Richmond County NC
Single pink flowers, 7-12mm across, grow from slender erect stalks, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Mayaca fluviatilis
FAMILY
Mayacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mayaca fluviatilis
FAMILY
Mayacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 034-01-002:
Mayaca fluviatilis
FAMILY
Mayacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mayaca fluviatilis
3051
Submersed aquatic (rooted) or shoreline terrestrial; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mucky marshes, streams, swamp forests, shores of natural lakes (rarely in artificial impoundments), in saturated soil or variously submersed, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, spirally arranged
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White or pink
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p242
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p099
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p392
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p287