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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Mayaca aubletii
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) 034-01-001:
Mayaca aubletii FAMILY Mayacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mayaca aubletii
COMMON NAME:
Aublet's Bogmoss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_maau2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Mayaca aubletii
FAMILY
Mayacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mayaca fluviatilis
FAMILY
Mayacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 034-01-001:
Mayaca aubletii
FAMILY
Mayacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mayaca aubletii
4330
Submersed aquatic (rooted) or shoreline terrestrial; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, streams, swamp forests, shores of natural lakes (rarely in artificial impoundments), seepage areas, in saturated soil and usually associated with seepage, 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 to 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer
Pink
with a white eye
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer
Capsule
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