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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bacopa caroliniana   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bacopa caroliniana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Bacopa caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Bacopa caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-05-003:

Bacopa caroliniana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Hydrotrida caroliniana

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa


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image of Bacopa caroliniana, Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_baca_004_lvd

        

image of Bacopa caroliniana, Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyca16_001_lvd

        

image of Bacopa caroliniana, Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_bacopa_caroliniana

July        

Flowers bell-shaped with 5 lobes (the upper 2 joined for half their length), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Bacopa caroliniana, Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbcarolinian_cypressg1

August    Berkeley County    SC

Cypress Gardens

Flowers 5/8" long, borne singly on short stalks in upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Bacopa caroliniana, Blue Water-hyssop, Sweet Water-hyssop, Carolina Water-hyssop, Lemon Bacopa

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbcarolinian_cypressg2

August    Berkeley County    SC

Cypress Gardens

Leaves w 3-7 palmate veins and a minty fragrance distinctive among aquatics, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bacopa caroliniana   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bacopa caroliniana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Bacopa caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-05-003:
Bacopa caroliniana   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

 

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2404

Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet shores, tidal muds, marshes, disturbed wetland sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, forming extensive mats

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
Nearly radially symmetrical
5 sepals
2-lipped 4-5 lobed rotate corolla
4 stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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