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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
FAMILY
Araliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Swamp Water-pennywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-004:
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
FAMILY
Apiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Water-pennywort, Floating Marsh-pennywort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyra_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hyra_004_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-004:
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
FAMILY
Apiaceae
3292
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in stagnant to (less commonly) swiftly flowing waters of swamps pools, backwaters, blackwater streams, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple (not peltate)
Petioles 5-25cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in simple umbels
FRUIT:
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p120
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p178
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p215
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p112