OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Alisma subcordatum   FAMILY Alismataceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alisma subcordatum   FAMILY Alismataceae

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

Alisma subcordatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Alisma subcordatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-01-001:

Alisma subcordatum   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Alisma subcordatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Water-plantain, American Water-plantain


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image of Alisma subcordatum, Southern Water-plantain, American Water-plantain

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_alsu_001_lvd

        

image of Alisma subcordatum, Southern Water-plantain, American Water-plantain

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_alsu_005_lvd

        

image of Alisma subcordatum, Southern Water-plantain, American Water-plantain

Frank Bridges    fab_waterplantainflower

June    Cobb County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

The inflorescence to 24" long, of numerous whorled panicled branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Alisma subcordatum, Southern Water-plantain, American Water-plantain

Frank Bridges    fab_waterplantainflowerb

June    Cobb County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Three whitish petals & many ovaries in a circle on a flattened receptacle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Alisma subcordatum   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Alisma subcordatum   FAMILY Alismataceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Alisma subcordatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-01-001:
Alisma subcordatum   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Alisma subcordatum

 

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2213

Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, ponds, stream edges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
3-merous
3 persistent sepals
3 deciduous petals
6-9 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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