NameThatPlant.net: Gratiola amphiantha

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gratiola amphiantha FAMILY Plantaginaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read about Amphianthus and Gratiola from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amphianthus pusillus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-04-001:

Amphianthus pusillus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

COMMON NAME:
Pool-sprite, Snorkelwort, Little Amphianthus

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Gratiola amphiantha FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amphianthus pusillus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-04-001:
Amphianthus pusillus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

2380

Submersed aquatic that also has floating leaves (rooted); Forb
Annual

Habitat: Vernal pools on granitic flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette (submerged) & opposite (floating)

FLOWER:
Spring
White or pale lavender
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
2-lipped corolla with 5 spreading lobes
2 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".

Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".