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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This species basically looks like a tiny clump of grass, with numerous leaves that are very narrow and only about 2 inches long. Actually, the blade (upper half of the leaf) is somewhat wider than the stalk, but at any distance this can be overlooked. It has a very slender but erect flowering scape, to about 3 inches tall, with 3 tiny white petals on each flower. Learn more from Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinodorus tenellus   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Helanthium tenellum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Echinodorus tenellus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Echinodorus tenellus

INCLUDING Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Echinodorus parvulus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Helanthium parvulum

 

COMMON NAME:
Mud-babies, Dwarf-burhead, Pigmy Chain-sword

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Helanthium tenellum   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinodorus tenellus   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Helanthium tenellum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Echinodorus tenellus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Echinodorus tenellus

INCLUDING Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Echinodorus parvulus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helanthium parvulum