NameThatPlant.net: Philydrum lanuginosum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Philydrum lanuginosum FAMILY Philydraceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

New to North America and potentially quite invasive. If anyone sees this species it should be reported to the US Department of Agriculture.
Please contact Tony Koop (anthony.l.koop@aphis.usda.gov) and Jonathan Jones (jonathan.m.jones@aphis.usda.gov).

Learn more about Woolly Frogsmouth from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Philydrum lanuginosum FAMILY Philydraceae

COMMON NAME:
Woolly Frogsmouth, Frogmouth, Woolly Waterlily

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Philydrum lanuginosum FAMILY Philydraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Philydrum lanuginosum FAMILY Philydraceae

4074

Emergent aquatic (rooted, but seedlings can float); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Shores of depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: tropical Asia & Australia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple - flat and rather spongy-thickened
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2 outer tepals, yellow, petal-like
2 inner tepals basally fused to stamen
1 stamen
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axils of spathe-like bracts, in a spike

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

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