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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrolea ovata
FAMILY
Hydroleaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrolea ovata
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hydrolea ovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nama ovatum
COMMON NAME:
Ovate False Fiddleleaf, Blue Waterleaf, Hairy Hydrolea, Ovate Fiddleleaf
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hyov_005_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_naov_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrolea ovata
FAMILY
Hydroleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrolea ovata
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hydrolea ovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nama ovatum
4326
Marginal emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, ponds, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Axillary spines present and well-developed, to 1.5cm long
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
Margins entire
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 exserted stamens, fused to corolla (pollen is white)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p077
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p222
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