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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle verticillata
FAMILY
Araliaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-003a:
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrocotyle verticillata
COMMON NAME:
Shield Marsh-pennywort, Whorled Marsh-pennywort
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_verticillata3
June Dare County NC
Inflorescence verticillate, flowers and fruits sessile or subsessile, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_verticillata1
September Dare County NC
Leaves peltate, lacking a sinus extending to the attachment of the petiole, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle verticillata
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-003a:
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrocotyle verticillata
3681
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, pools, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple - peltate
Petioles 5-15cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Inflorescence an interrupted spike or raceme with 3-7 whorls of 2-7 flowers each
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p042
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p215
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p275
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